Maybe a tall ship?
This might be why.
Top of
Australia is Tasmania. Chosen as a convict haven. To protect decent judged
men and reform labour to build a city is impression I have.
Hells Gate
(Thanks for YouTube, I've never been there)
https://youtu.be/ku516KjG9r0
Square rig long keels would love that.
I'm guessing rainforest
current outward might hold face high on entry. Square
sails look like a tunable
spinnaker, reduction of broaching. Plus from my limited use of
helm, going to fast straighten up abit and apply physical flowing
hull brakes or if talented on tuning
sheets, spin dance like a ballerina. Lighten be as fast as a flatter plane but there's alot less
helm too and an art of easier control; maybe.. I think so, just ain't winning races.
Tack out? With rivers runs plus rigs might be 2 clewy to be to tack full depending upon if taught to clew the leading edge or leach.
For all maybes, some might even clew
head via modern rigs such as running back stay
Bermuda rigs..?.
Thus tri going sailing with a modern
spinnaker. More reachable balance, tack might stretch out as leading eye is clewed and allow a broad point. I'm off topic.
Melbourne was chosen as Australian capital. Why?
Probably the natural harbour.
Why not
Sydney?
Closer to labour? Shallow harbour of quite some size? A reachable haven to harbour when fatigued after ocean
passage?
Ability with room to set
sails and hit Webb with speed outgoing.
Weather never changed nor did tide. Reducing systems could be hit after rest. Once out to sea, or in harbour, vessel relatively safe. That Webb is the coastal part of sailing.
Ship wrecks along South coast. Visibility down here goes from 20 miles or so to about 300metres pretty quickly when a southern eye slips to be torqued by a large high. They (at least one of them) would have gone for a look believing they're near the heads and paid the
price of getting slammed.
Sydney grew to a bigger city, nice harbour, modern
shipping absent of sail.
Adelaide on a deep gulf. Isn't comfortable.
Perth,
Brisbane with ocean and little hides.
Darwin down nearer equator moist and hot.
Coastal cruiser?
Maybe a tall ship?
I'm probably the same as you bruzs. Happy with within limits of whatever vessel rides with eyes.
I ain't two clewy nor two tack full. Just admiring how square rigs can shape their luffs to point true above broad. Higher truth than Spinnakers. But love how Spinnakers allow
mast room for higher point efficiency sails and can stow when without requirement to balance a reach.
Enjoy
learning,
Godspeed