KapteinKnutsen wrote:
KapteinKnutsen wrote: BlueDragon wrote: KapteinKnutsen wrote: In certain wind conditions, a ship may not be able to move without full sails, yet cannot switch to full sails without moving a hex first, and so is stuck. Can it turn downwind and move along the wind first to issue full sails? It has no movement factors in any direction, but you mean by drifting? I will try. This is game no 24955 on this site. The wind is Light Breeze, Gibraltar is a 2nd rate, and so cannot move in any direction without full sails.
It seems it is correct by the rules, light breeze basically removes all the standard movement allowance for 2nd rate ships (-3,-2,-1, 0 on the various attitudes).
Advanced Rule V.D also says that ships which did not move from their bow hex in the previous movement phase may increase to Full sail only if they move forward (and do not turn during the move).
I have also checked at some tournament rules found online and they do specify rule V.D with the following:
19.4.1 A ship which did not move forward by normal
movement from its bow hex during the previous Movement
Phase is limited in its movement by the following restrictions
** (Drifting does not count as forward movement)
[...]
19.4.1.3 It may increase from battle sail to full sails only if it moves at least one hex in a straight line in the Movement Phase.
No turning is allowed at any time during the move.
(There is no effect for going from full to battle sails).
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