Talk:The Black Pearl/@comment-17606273-20130906192011/@comment-21356060-20130925013809

In the real world and POTC world, she is most likely an East Indiaman. Though the East Indiaman and Galleon have similar sail plans, Galleons have a long beak-like structure protruding from their bows, a trait the Black Pearl lacks.

Since East Indiaman isn't a ship type in the game, she would be classified as a galleon in POTCO as the sails for the galleons and Black Pearl are the same, although the Black Pearl is faster.

Many people probably get the idea that the Black Pearl is a brig from her lateen sail and speed. This is false because real brigs never had lateen sails and in POTCO brigs are stretched out, modified versions of the QAR. In CotBP, it is stated that the Interceptor, a brig, is "the fastest ship in the caribbean." The Black Pearl is nigh uncatchable, a trait that Sparrow asked Jones to give to the ship when Jones raised it from the bottom of the ocean.