Diffrent Kind of Ships

[Gothika]

Originally Posted by Ziro_of_the_Turks

And I'm not savvy on the physics of this stuff... but I think PoJo is right; a bigger ship could be faster.

Most likely. But the number of sails isn't all that matters. The ship being bigger will be heavier and create more drag. A bigger ship would have more cannons and armour which would make it heavier too. In reality it would need a lot more crew hands, and provisons. Taking those things into account, a smaller boat still could be faster.