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Stripes should be exactly in the same places on both sides like in the BSB where they don't interfere at all.

Well it's definitely thick enough if you look at all of Black Seas Barracuda's or Caribbean Clipper's sails or Renegade Runner's and Armada Flagship's triangular sails.

Anyway, there's a draw between BSB and SES again! Go Black Seas Barracuda's fans!

Here is some info from a review I found on brickset about the differences: Still, this is only a partial answer to my question.

What exactly are the differences between 6289 and 6290 Red Beard Runners apart from the box? Lugnet says the first one has 691 parts and the re-release has 698. Does it just have more spare parts or accesories such as pistols and sabres or is it something else? And what about the differences between Black Seas Barracudas: 6285 (865 parts) and 10040 (869 parts)? Does anyone know?

No, they should just draw stripes on the other side, without emblems, but not leave it like that when we have no print but pattern from the front side can be seen shining through.

I have no idea. One thing I don't like about original Lego sails is that some of them are printed on one side only, like in the Renegade Runner or Armada Flagship.

They didn't arrive yet, I'm expecting them in 2 - 3 days. The ship comes with box, as for the 6296 I'm not sure.

As for the Red Beard Runner, I bought it from one guy together with 6296 and paid approximately

You can always buy canvas in the shop, there is a variety of colours/patterns/thicknesses, some of them might make great sails.

Sails of thick paper aren't perhaps one of the strongest, but their virtue is that when you have a printer you can make sails with any pattern/colour you want. Just have to remember to remove them while washing your ships :) And when torn, you can always print and cut new ones. I will once again refer to my HMS Progress as an example. Here you can see three custom sails, two of which have Imperial Guards' insignia. I made them by scanning Imperial Flagship's sails and printing the same pattern on my own paper sails, filling the rest of their surface with original Lego sails' canvas colour background. At the back they look the same, just lacking the insignia. As you can see this is an easy way to make any sails you want. I don't recommend using just plain white paper, bacause it looks just like paper and nothing more. But printing a pattern, just a subtle one, resembling fabric, makes the sail look much more realistic.

Fishing boats would be great, we haven't generally seen many civilians to be attacked by the pirates and protected by the soldiers, except for those from the Imperial Trading Post perhaps. Also a huge whale hunters' ship and a whale (a homage to Moby Dick maybe?).

What disturbs me from mixing them together is the different flags they have. Yes, they are a bit similar but different. If they're one faction they should have one flag! I already mentioned the flag problem here

Black Seas Barracuda's fans don't hesitate to vote! We must reach our rightful place.

Like I said, I bought it for parts and minifigs. Still wondering what to do with that torn sail though...

Yes the Spaniards were a great idea, much better than the Islanders. One can say we've only had a demo version of that subtheme - 2 sets plus Armada figures in few other sets like 6296, it could have evolved into something great... Still, my idea of a new line considers Spaniards as a part of it, too bad it's just a dream... :)

This set contains one middle section and I was thinking of ways to male the ship longer without buying more 7075s to have more original sections, but to build an additional custom centre section and somehow integrate it into the hull.

Got mine for an equivalent of about 11,3

Thanks anyway. The reason I asked that question was because I was thinking of buying the 4+ ship and making a minifig scaled ship using its hull - just like in the case of the Dodelijk Klompschoen. BTW have you seen this ship? It uses the 4+ ship's hull with four centre sections! I finally chose Red Beard Runner instead, but the question remains open... :)

This reminds me of my first Barracuda (of the 3 I currently have) I got absolutely free. I once talked to a friend of mine and he said he had a BSB but was no longer into Lego. I said I'd buy it from him and he said "No way, I'm giving it to you!". He assembled it and gave to me and said assembling it again after quite a long time had been a great fun. But that didn't end his dark age AFAIK :) Anyway, you can imagine how happy and grateful I was. Later I invited him and bought some beers as the sign of gratitude, which we both drank. :)

Well, original 7075's cartoony sails would seriously spoil this ship's image.

My first Red Beard Runner will be arriving soon, and I of course will make some major modifications to it (elongating the hull included). Not being able to afford two ships I had to choose between this one and 4+ ship (7075), both of which I don't own yet. I think I made the right decision..

I just ordered one. Can't wait to have another Spanish guy and the cool rare blue-coated pirate, and another skeleton. The pieces will probably right away be used in a MOC.

This silly name would rather fit the original 7075 than this fantastic MOC... :)

This MOC is an example that 7075's hull is not a bad thing. The set itself has a lot of pieces I don't like, but the hull is really worth getting. I'm still wondering if I should get one (I mean the whole set unfortunately, buing only the hull parts would be a great solution but for me it's almost impossible).