Honestly, after listening to Foxe's logic at RF2, regarding having a ship to play with...and I hope I recall this correctly, it is all well and good for crews to have them, if they can afford them, but if you are driving at educating the public and helping run events to say provide income for a museum, fort, what have you... a ship actually becomes a bit of a problem....
1. You can only fit so many paying spectators on the ship.
2. The ship sails out to sea and very few spectators can truly enjoy what is happening because they cannot see it from land
Yes you can have her docked and bring tours through....
He recommened, when trying to reach large crowds, in port scenarios are really the best way to go.... or small boats that do not take the action too far from land so that the crowds can see what is happening.