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# How it works

High Seas turns any Sable ship into a sailing ship. None of it is explained in game, so here is what goes on behind the sails.

* [Wind](/create-deep-seas-wiki/high-seas/mechanics/wind.md): where it comes from, how strong it is, and what changes it.
* [Sails and halyards](/create-deep-seas-wiki/high-seas/mechanics/sails-and-halyards.md): how sails turn the wind into speed, square sails against triangle sails, and how to reef them.
* [Boats](/create-deep-seas-wiki/high-seas/mechanics/boats.md): how a ship floats, why it stays upright, and how it springs a leak.