Solar sails in an age-of-sail space battle

How could a writer make solar-sail space combat feel like age-of-sail warfare?

Make vulnerable sails, reserve propulsion arrangements, three-dimensional broadsides and maintenance demands shape the crew's experience.

Solar sails would be hard to protect in combat, so reserve systems and damage management would shape the design. Folding the sails away would also remove the ship's means of moving. The suggested arrangement uses several sets of sails and broadsides around the hull to accommodate combat in three dimensions. Coordinating them would require substantial training. Running the ship might use relatively few people, while maintaining its large exposed structures would remain demanding even with robots. The suggestion that solar sails could work better between star systems than within one remains speculative.