...Dude. One of the mods is making a masterpost on pirating and ships. I doubt they didn't do their research. It's just that no one cares as much as you do about ships, and expecting every single person to put hours of research into this so they can play a game and have fun and whatnot. when you can teleport between ships because MAGIC once a week, I think the "research" is the least important thing.

If you want something 100% accurate, you don't want a game. So, go write a book, butthurt baby.