Yeah, I'm not sure precisely what you're objecting to with regard to the Eagle, Alex. For reference though, the United States Coast Guard is not part of the United States Navy. It's an entirely separate and independent branch of the military, just as the Navy itself is.
With regard to the actual topic of the thread, I would absolutely love to see these ships in SH3, but I have some reservations. As far as I know, sails are static objects like any other, and I doubt there's any way to make AI ships respect wind gages. (Please correct me if I'm wrong---I'm basing that off of my observations of sloops and junks in GWX.)
I think seeing a barquentine proceeding directly into the wind with full canvas in 15m/s wind would destroy immersion like nothing else.
That said... they'd make great harbor decoration, no? Seems like they'd be a lot less work if they were never meant to go anywhere, and cluttering up the German recognition manual doesn't strike me as particularly problematic.
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