Are Harpoons broken ?

I don’t have thousands on sea of thieves however I do have over 400 and I honestly wish I could’ve recorded what I witnessed tonight.

I was sailing towards plunder outpost to cash in my loot, I spot a brig leaving the outpost. Okay cool. I’ll keep an eye out. I get closer to the outpost and the brig is coming back. at the sovereign tent there’s another player trying to harpoon my loot, or my ship, something.

Well I start sailing past, to get away, they harpoon the side of my ship. It stops my ship dead in its tracks with full wind in my sails. They reel me back towards the dock and the brig comes in and absolutely wails on me. I had No chance.

So. What the hell happened? Why did the harpoon stop my sloop dead in its tracks and reel me in like some boarding tactic. I know about the new harpoon features but I figure I could try cutting the harpoon. NOPE. No where does it give me a prompt. And even if it did, I had to jump off the side of my sloop, as a solo player, to try and free myself. Didn’t work. Sloop down. Very frustrated

I haven’t played in months and came back pretty intrigued by the new weapons and additions. But this experience with being completely fucked over by a harpoon put a bad taste in my mouth.