Nice review, Martin.
Great little ship....I see it does not have any rigging though 
Thanks for posting,
Jimbo
No rigging, but the 4444 only has three short pieces of rigging, one attached to the sail and two to secure the spar either to the left or the right. You could easily replace the spar ones, but the corner of the sail to which the 4444 rigging is attached is not present on this ragged sail.
Like this, but does the sail seem a little small for it, or is it just the camera angle?
Love the klickies, especially the one with the coat - I should think this will be a must have for Junior.
Thanks for the great review Martin. 
Elaine 
I agree the sail is a little small for the hull, but I think that's the case for most of the Playmobil ships. I fall back on the phrase "Plamobil represents, it does not recreate".
I rebuilt one of my 4444’s as a “Revenue Cutter” (in the US one of the prececessor agencies to the US Coast Guard was the Revenue Cutter Service) who’s main missions are smuggling and Search and Rescue, and the other as a fishing ketch.
Anyways… The basic concept is fine, but one thing I REALLY HATE about the entire series so far is the sails. I don’t mind the Dhow-style sails (the triangular type), but that they are tattered and ragged makes my insane- Completely nuts. If I get one of these, that first thing I’m doing is throwing the sails away. They’re worthless.
Those sound like great ideas, I'd love to see some pictures of your adaptions.
Agreed the ragged sail on 4444 is a pain.
Playmobil have started using ragged sails in all sorts of inappropriate places. No ship's captain would allow his sails to remain ragged for long after a battle, because a small hole soon rips to become a big split, and without intact sails you can't steer or move the ship and become easy pickings for any enemy. Bar and chainshot were specifically designed to be fired at the rigging, masts and sails, to disable a ship by destroying its motive power, rendering it a floating hulk which can be attacked from safe angle (i.e. where its guns won't bear) or left alone.
The only excue for ragged sails is lack of material to repair them, which should only occur on a raft.
I usually replace ragged-style sails with intact sails from similar material cut to size. Gordon sent me a bunch of suitable material which made the 5000 mile trip from the UK to Oregon for this purpose. You need something fabric but with a degree of stiffness to hold its shape.
I don't mind ragged sails on the ghost ships, as they move by spooky-power and don't need sails at all.
Neither has a bowsprit it seems. Am I right?
Yup, no bowsprit. there's a hole there, but I think that's for putting a string through and towing it along. They may have plans for a bowsprit for a future version, but you'd want to adjust the sails to include a jib or there's no need for a bowsprit.
There are four so far unused attachment points on the outside of the hull, two before and two aft of the mast, and Playmobil may have plans to use these in a future set. They might be used as attachment points for standing rigging.
