Ships

About

Ships are crafted from wooden planks and beams, with cargo stowed below the main deck above a lower bilge/ballast deck. Most have two or three masts with one or two sails each; Sails are typically square or lanteen rigged, although on smaller single masted fishing boats a more modern triangular sail made be used.

Navies

Each culture or nation that has coastal territory will have some form of navy; both military and merchant.

Ship Designs by Nation

Most ships are fairly similar in design, though there are some preferences in design that vary by nation:

Aralian

Vessels are usually longer by half and a bit shallower of draft compared to foreign ships of equivalent tonnage, with two or three masts, at least one sail of each type. They are significantly faster, but less manoeuvrable in close quarters.

Corinthean

Iskandean

Usually have two masts, and square rigged sails.

Krolaryn

Kythan

Layor

Long and wide single masted galleys with square rigged sails. Usually with a single deck.

Quzonian

A hybrid galley/square rigged design.

Tabrani

Favour a single mast with a lanteen (triangular) sail, tend to be slower, but are shorter of beam, so can turn more tightly.

Waejiran

Mostly galleys with reverse lanteen or square sails.

Shipyards

All ships are custom built to order at a shipyard and constructed over months or years under the guidance of a master ship builder, whom usually belongs to the guild of shipwrights. Ship designs vary from builder to builder with some national trends. Since they are not mass produced each vessel is a unique creation, and may have differing elements of design, both foreign and domestic, included in its construction.

Shipyards of Note

Maako Yards - Li Onas, Onas Hiem, Iskander

Named Vessels

Black Swine - Captained by Kolm Dar-Ukys, out of Li Onas on Onas Hiem in Iskander. She was specifically built to be faster and more manoeuvrable than the navy vessels of Iskander.
Silver Reefling - Captained by Ak'har Salo, out of Sucosa, Quzonia. She was a captured pirate vessel turned merchantman. This ship is believed to sail under dark clouds based on its history.
Wavedancer - Captained by Neispizeist, out of Miaceaneniah, Corinthea. She is a merchant vessel which sails the trade routes from Layor around the Southern Cape and through the Torcastan Strait to Waejir.