Question about sails

[Squireboi]

So ive heard conflicting reports on sails. Some say the more you have the faster you go and others saying it doesn't effect speed. So i still have no idea so could someone please tell me?

[Oranix]

The "Raft Wiki" is a great resource for questions like this.

https://raft.fandom.com/wiki/Sail

To answer your question, more sails do not make a difference in speed. You can only use one effectively.

[❃ Galiäna Krüger ❃]

You travel at the same speed when you have 1 sail vs 100 sails. It does not matter.

After you unlock engine, sail become useless and only serve cosmetic purpose.

[IOTA]

Really? I still mainly drift with the sail because I barely have time to work on the raft between the various islands and stopovers. I turned on the engines once at Varuna Point to back out of a tight spot, but otherwise sailed through Ch. 3.

[X]

Sails are slower than engines and if you even go slightly against the wind its even slower.
Wind blows north and you need to go NW your 20% slower than the max speed for sails.
I don't know the max speed you can get with sails but its slower than engines.

I also drift when its good for me to drift and use the engines when I need to get somewhere faster.

I wish they would reset all the planes to show up earlier in the game.
That auto bio-fuel machine is great but wish we could get it sooner in the game.