Sailwind News — June 23, 2026
Aggregated from Steam, cross-tracked with Battle.net coverage on GamePatchNote.
Improved anchors
- anchors can now be picked up and dropped manually, allowing you to use them for maneuvering (kedging)
- anchors will now hold more effectively as they become more parallel with the seabed
- improved the reliability of anchor physics to prevent anchors releasing randomly and other unexpected behavior
- the anchor state is now saved between sessions
Other changes
- performance optimizations: in some cases, you might see 30%-40% increase in FPS, depending on your system
- oars now apply more force at low speeds, but lose their effectiveness as boat speed increases. This should make them usable for low speed maneuvers even on the big ships
- reduced the food and water cost of using oars
- reduced the friction between boats and terrain to make grounded boats easier to get unstuck
- fixed a bug where the game wouldn't load if you only had one active save slot