The battle I fought was fun. Haven't tried multiple ship stuff yet. And the cons are mostly nits, except the last one - I think changing it might affect the AI, but different rigs should have different points of sail, and most of them will be 6 points or more off the wind, according to the books. Dead aft would allow only one set of sails to work, for the larger rigs, and would be difficult at best for the sloop rigs that did work better. With only 8 possible headings, the wind could be 22.5 degrees off the stern in either direction.
Speed seems modeled well.
That would show the various maneuver differences very well. Overall, I like it, although I wish the music was period instead of generic. Music was a big part of life in the period, from what I've read, and some chanber music and reels and stuff would be entertaining. David Pipes . The ships are listed alphabetically in a small, scrolling dialogue window.