How to capture a ship with a small ship

smaller ships are faster and they can run faster from the enemies , mind that with 2 factors u can capture the enemy ships very easy

1 - the wind is against you

2 - u are faster and your sail is not damaged

whit a single ship against 1 first rank ship and 1 fifth ranked ship
firstly do not attack just wait , and don't let them surround your ship , the smaller ship will come first , aim it sails but in the best effective range , and you must have the time to turn away and run .

you aimed the smaller ship and you must capture it first , turn away and this time shoot the sails , mind that one time fire is enough for your ship to lose , never get cough , do not run to the edge straightly but run to a corner .

every time turn and fire the sails until u breck the culumn so the ship is now very slow to chase you ,

we consider now you are done with one ship and it cant chase you , run and let the other ship chase you , so their distance is nearly big , then take down the other ship's sails , now you have to ships without sails , witch chasing you very very slowly ,

you can sink them before they reach you , cause they dont turn and fire from the rare , and if so you are faster and can manuver faster and avoid the shot , keep shooting the sails of the big ship until its totally unmovable , then go to the smaller ship damage it but dont sink it , when the number of canons are less than half you can go in front of it and turn and barage it with grape shot ,

only board the ships when the number of the sailors are 1 to 10 . and your ship is not damaged , because they keep shooting , when you are boarding .

after you captured this ship go to the other , their moral is very low now , again keep shoot from distance and grape shots untill they surrender or die , if its an admiral nelson or , shits alike , forget the capture story before you kill the general and just try to sink it .

Good luck and have fun with that great game .