Just a few ideas I've had so far 🙂
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Ships:
-Caravel: basically the merchant ship model, but buildable by players in the small shipyard with sails and without the paddlewheels or the rest of the clutter on deck; forecastle and stern castle decks needed; a good intermediate ship for the gap between the schooner and the brigantine; schooner sail capacity and brigantine weight and gun capacity, so a slowish trader with a punch
-Carrack: about 12-13 gunports per side, so twice th