Springsharp techniques

I have been refining my approach to using Springsharp for designing warships. Several tips that I would give about ship characteristics are:

1. Never accept inadequate strength. You can always adjust displacment, draft, and speed to achieve adequate strength. If necessary, reduce protection and armament, as well.
2. Never accept inadequate seakeeping. Some of the same factors can drive a design's seakeeping ability, as well. Up to a point, a foot or two increase in draft can help. Oddly, a decrease in beam can also help. A decrease in speed and displacement will also help. An increase in length is another way to increase seakeeping.
3. Don't accept inadequate stability. To increase stability, lower topweight, increase beam, and decrease draft. You can also increase cruising speed and range, as they are helpful in correcting the center of gravity.
4. Having conservative speed, protection, and armament objectives make getting a clean design easier
5. Be sure to set the main armament rounds per gun
6. Be sure to set the guns above or below freeboard. I misunderstood this, initially. What they want to know are the guns that are superfiring, ultimately. For the Bismarck, there are 4-15in guns in this category.

These all seem pretty obvious and intuitive, although they were not when I started