Description

Mail runners are small, fast and maneuverable ships, built along the same general lines as the pinnace, but larger and better-armed. Like the pinnace, the mail runner has a shallow draft, permitting it to operate safely in shoal waters. The fore-and-aft rigged mail runner carries oars, allowing it to move directly into the wind.

Mail runners can be very credible pirate vessels in the right hands. They are often employed as pirate hunters.

War Canoes and Pinnaces are smaller cousins of the Mail Runner.