Talk:Obra Dinn/@comment-73.164.233.91-20200308184757

In real life, 51 hands is way too low for a ship of this size. You would want 2-3 times as many. It's incredibly labor-intensive and you need crews for all hours. In combat, it takes 10-15 men to work each cannon and you need runners to bring powder from the armory. Many details of the ship are very accurate and you would only notice if you know about ships, so the creator must have known about the proper crew size. It was definitely a gameplay decision and not an oversight.