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Algerian Polacre Base Card:

This is with my tougher sailing angles:

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This one is compatible with the Ares ships as sold:

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Has anyone seen a painting with a square sail above a lateen? I just find it a very curious setup!

Rob, in what ways are the xebec barque different from a regular xebec, other than the mizzen topsail and the headsail?

You bet, Rob! I'll try to knock it together tonight, after I finish working on big boats for the day.

I'm considering that a polacre would use the same sailing arcs as a SoW since the square mainmast would limit its upwind ability but improve its downwind performance. My impression is that polacres...

Interesting how the lateen barque has a square topsail on the mizzen, while by definition a barque has no squares on the mizzen...

The square sail on the mizzen suggests that the intent was to...

Regarding the xebec barque, does it have more freeboard than a regular xebec? How does it compare size-wise? Do you have any historical mentions or pictures?

My initial impression of poleacres is that they were intended to compensate for the lateen sails downwind performance (or lack thereof). Of course, this results in a reduction of upwind performance...

I have pretty much convinced myself that a xebec could dip while wearing by doing something like this. Perhaps I should amend my xebec rules to say that you can wear from an advantaged tack to an...

Just to confirm, Rob, your Langton polacre, it has square sails on the main and lateens on the fore and mizzen?

I went with C deck because it's the faster deck. I got the decks confused the first go round. If you favor A deck I can change it.

Here are bases to go against ships using unmodified Ares base cards:

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The regular Xebec

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The 107 arc Xebec Frigate

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Here's a Xebec Frigate possibility with the 103 gun arcs.

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And here's with the 107 arcs.

You bet, Ferrante. Thanks for posting the picture.

Naval historians have a real challenge because sailors typically didn't paint and painters didn't sail. The painters just painted what they...

It's a cool picture, but there's a lot of artistic license at play. On the left Algerian, how did the yards get in front of both port and starboard shrouds? On the Spaniard, where is the starboard...

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How's this?

For the frigate, I'm thinking Burden 2 and 7 boxes of damage based on Succes fire power, with the same sailing arcs and Deck A. Xebec frigates always seem to have 32 guns,...

I too have come to the conclusion that one size doesn't fit all. The wearing you describe is what I was trying to show with my mock-up, but it doesn't work if the mast is not freestanding. The yard...

Thanks, Rob!

For me, it's fun pondering how sailors may have used their machinery. I hope it's not too dry to share. As I was typing, I realized how it could sound like a bunch of gibberish.
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I made a mockup to explore this. To make it easier to follow, I've turned the pictures 90 degrees to the left. For those trying to follow, that means when I say right, I mean top.:surrender: Rob,...

Good to hear from you, Eric! Near as I can tell from my research, you don't have to furl to tack. I would not say that I am an expert though, just a curious observer. I have been watching dhow...

Explanation of Dipping: On square riggers, whenever the sails are drawing, the yards are on the downwind side of the masts. With Xebecs, this is not always the case. If the yard is on the downwind...

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Here are two files I created for xebecs; the first is a base card for a typical xebec. The second is the advantaged/disadvantaged cards that get folded in half and turned to...

For all single gundeck ships I use a house rule that each turn spent playing a red card reduces the ship's speed by one when it exits the red arc.

Unlike square riggers or schooners, xebecs have...

With the interest building in Algerian pirates, I've started exploring the sailing characteristics of xebecs in depth. Let me tell you, lateen sail handling is not simple!

So far, I've decided to...