A Ships trim?

[Dexadrinne]

So when crafting a ship
We have

Random
Build Strenght
Crew Space
Planking
Rigging Quality

Some are obvious but the others i don't know and there are not any tool tips to tell you.

[Dexadrinne]

Anyone?

[Elouda]

There are 'traits' of sorts that will be permanent on that ship. The 'quality' (denoted by the colour) will depend on the crafting quality of the ship (yellow > purple > blue > green > grey, from best to worst). The better the quality the greater the effect.

With higher quality ships, you may also get a second 'trait', generally either Speed or Stiffness.

As for what they actually do, no specific information is around, but as a crafter, these were my conclusions from before Early Access;

Random - Picks one of the 4 below, no benefit

Build Strength - adds health to the sides, bow and stern, also adds some leak resistance

Crew Space - adds a few % to total crew (much like the Extra Hammocks module)

Planking - adds less health than Build Strength, increases the 'armour' (bounce chance)

Rigging Quality - adds sail health and improves sail and yard handling

The other two, Speed and Stiffness, can not be picked and are random, and are as follows;

Speed - adds a straight up bonus to ship speed

Stiffness - reduces how much the ship heels (tilts) due to the wind

I am in the process of documenting every ship I build at the moment in order to try to get some numbers for how these and wood types actually affect the ship, but that will understandably take a while.

[Dexadrinne]

Thankyou

[Ink]

This also might help:
http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/7029-ships-inherent-characteristics/