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 .

Pinning the enemy ships

Destroying the sails will pin the enemies and reduces their maneuverability greatly. They become sitting docks and you can hit them from the front where they can't return fire and like that you can capture a large ship with a small one. But it requires some patience and focus.

If you aim the enemy sails when they are in the full sail mode, it will have more effect. Just stay far to pin the ship.