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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 5637416" data-attributes="member: 50895">Magic not withstanding, the size of the crew of a normal ship is whatever it takes to man the rigging over multiple shifts. A ship of sail, had to be of a certain size to survive high seas. Any vessel can founder of any size depending on what hits them - rogue wave, etc. However in typical seas, galleys and cogs (and smaller ships) will take on water quickly and sink. An 'ocean going vessel' simply means a ship that will survive even in fairly high seas. So it doesn't really matter the distance between ports, only if your ship has to leave shallow coastal waters and enter any level of open sea even short distances. Consider that one of the Kings of Hawaii tried to 'invade' Kuau'i the furthest western island of the Hawaiian chain. The distance between Oahu and Kuau'i is only 75 miles, but the seas between those isles are notoriously treacherous. Although a King's messenger managed to eventually deliver the Oahu King's ultimatum to the Kuau'ian king who capitulated, although the King's invasion force could never get there, as whenever they tried 30' seas prevented passage. So a seaworthy ship has everything to do with its size and crew, just to survive a trip on normal seas, not in distance (unless along the same coast.)</blockquote>