Originally Posted by
india
It's all fine with Ottomans capturing a first rate, but what I ask is, did they in reality have the sailors to sail it? I'm a total noob when it comes to ships and sail all right, but, what I mean is, when the Ottomans never built a ship of the line, how can the sailors recruited from their ports sail one? Aren't different ships supposed to have different sailing mechanics? Specially such giant warships? I really doubt that sailing an Ottoman galley would be anything like managing a SOL.....