Frankly I doubt that some were ever made or sailed as portrayed - how in hell can you steer a straight course with all that top hamper trying to swing your arse into the wind - like a wind vane - or perhaps that was a deliberate design feature for a square rigger which can hardly tack at all and must have had hellacious leeway problems.
what I may settle on is a compromise of a carrack under construction in a shipyard, i did a shipyard once already but buggered if i can find it now.
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