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sail


sail direction or destination [...]
* time: varies
* priority: 4

Pilot a ship in the given direction, or to the specified location. If a location is specified, there must be a direct route to it from the current location of the ship.

Compass points may be abbreviated: `n', `s', `e', `w'.

The Sailing [1001] subskill of Shipcraft [1000] is required to use the sail order.

The noble issuing the sail order must be the ship's captain, i.e. the noble must be the first unit listed in the `Seen here' report of the ship.

The sail order will fail if the ship is overloaded. Use drop to throw items overboard if necessary.

Multiple destinations or directions may be given as arguments to sail. If the first fails, the next will be tried, until a passable route is found, or sail runs out of arguments.

For example, `sail n e w' would first try to sail north. If travel north was not possible for any reason, east would next be tried, then west. In this way exploring units can attempt to deal with the case of running into an impassable ocean route, or a coast.