Personally I've always found the feat of shearing away an opponent's oars with a well timed close side-by-side pass (remember to bring up your own oars at the last moment!) to be a great feat of skill and cunning.
You achieve a mission kill without damaging your own ship at all, and with no need for boarding action. In comparison, ramming the opponent's hull sounds like a much riskier proposition.
Those classical sea battles must have been quite a sight to see. Utterly terrifying and brutal as well of course, but it sounds like a thing that heroic player characters should have a chanse to experience!
-Adept
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