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    10-25-2024, 17:30
    Dobbs replied to a thread A Glass of the 98 to you all in Wardroom
    :drinks: I've had that sinking feeling twice too! The first was on our shakedown cruise after selling everything we owned. The evening was coming...
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    10-25-2024, 17:17
    Dobbs replied to a thread HMS Doris! in Wardroom
    There's nothing official from Ares about Phoebe class frigates. I'd say our admiral was just giving us more 18 pounder frigates to choose from. Just...
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    10-24-2024, 18:47
    Dobbs replied to a thread HMS Doris! in Wardroom
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Doris_(1808) Here's another one. The Perseverance class was noted as being slower but more agile than other 18...
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    10-23-2024, 15:47
    Dobbs replied to a thread Alexander Kent in Reference Library
    Eric, I'll track down this Alexander Clay series at your recommendation upon conclusion of our current voyage.
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    10-23-2024, 15:45
    Dobbs replied to a thread Alexander Kent in Reference Library
    I have started rereading Ramage again and am enjoying the series. I like that you can hear Pope's love of sailing in his writing. I am reading...
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    10-22-2024, 16:07
    Dobbs replied to a thread HMS Doris! in Wardroom
    Perhaps the admiral was using a tactic that I have embraced, and was just using the mini to represent an 18 pdr frigate? Now that you have drawn...
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    10-22-2024, 02:59
    Bligh replied to a thread The Blockade in 2016 Solo Campaign
    An exquisite and typical Vagabond tall story. even taller than the Eiffel Tower. :hmmm: :girlie: Hermione was a lucky girl to escape this one!...
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    10-21-2024, 16:10
    Dobbs replied to a thread The Blockade in 2016 Solo Campaign
    Another delightful tale! You are an inspiration in yarn spinning.
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    10-21-2024, 05:10
    Bligh started a thread 21st of October. in Wardroom
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    10-21-2024, 01:51
    Bligh replied to a thread First (and last) Step Up. in Wardroom
    Here is to you Dave.:drinks: Rob.
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    10-21-2024, 01:48
    Bligh replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom
    :hatsoff: James completes an unusual double in that he also recieves the Top thread starter medal for 2024. Double congratulations to you James....
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    10-21-2024, 01:42
    Bligh replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom
    :hatsoff: And finally our top poster for 2024, and joining an esteemed few, is James Wilmore. Congratulations James. Bligh. :salute:
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    10-21-2024, 01:34
    Bligh replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom
    :hatsoff: The top thread starter for October is John. Vagabond, who now holds the Bronze award in this category. Congratulations sir. Bligh....
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    10-21-2024, 01:26
    Bligh replied to a thread Medals and promotions Board. in Wardroom
    :hatsoff: Here are the final monthly awards for the final time before the Dockyard goes into liquidation and the final ship leaves port. The top...
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    10-20-2024, 15:49
    Bligh replied to a thread First (and last) Step Up. in Wardroom
    Never mind Dave. I may have something in the pipeline for you! Rob.
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    10-20-2024, 00:57
    Bligh replied to a thread First (and last) Step Up. in Wardroom
    Even though we will not get the new awards onto the new site I will make a few tomorrow to round off this foreshortened month properly. Rob.
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    10-18-2024, 16:56
    Dobbs replied to a thread First (and last) Step Up. in Wardroom
    Huzzah to the two of you! :beer:
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    10-18-2024, 16:54
    Dobbs replied to a thread Alexander Kent in Reference Library
    If there are concepts you want to discuss, count me in.
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    10-18-2024, 15:31
    Dobbs replied to a thread Alexander Kent in Reference Library
    Yes, that is an excellent book. I describe it to my friends as an 18th century how to sail book, but instead of how to beat your friends around the...
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    10-18-2024, 12:59
    Bligh replied to a thread First (and last) Step Up. in Wardroom
    I will taske a drop to celebrate your elevation Dave and Mike. Bligh. :drinks:
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    10-18-2024, 12:57
    Bligh replied to a thread Alexander Kent in Reference Library
    An excellent book Mike. Rob.
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    10-18-2024, 00:56
    Bligh replied to a thread Alexander Kent in Reference Library
    Interesting Dobbs. I first read those books back in the late sixties and early seventies, and with little or no knowledge of sailing. With only...
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    10-17-2024, 18:01
    Dobbs started a thread Alexander Kent in Reference Library
    I just finished reading "To Glory We Steer" by Alexander Kent. Has anyone else read this? It seemed to me that there were numerous nautical and...
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Movement Card Boxes - Part 2

by Dobbs on 09-26-2020 at 10:58
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Weight of Shot

by Dobbs on 09-14-2020 at 18:43
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I'm sure it comes as no surprise to anyone how fast a sloop falls apart.

It got me to thinking though. A sloop fighting a sloop ought to be able to take damage like a frigate vs. a frigate, or 3rd vs. 3rd, etc. It's just that SoG is treating all guns as the same weight of shot.

I propose that ships with less than 9 pdrs subtract -2 from any numerical broadside damage indicated on a chit. Ships with 9-12 pdrs, -1. Ships with a mix go with the heaviest guns as the

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Reflections on Springing at Anchor

by Dobbs on 08-04-2020 at 18:33
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My newest Springing Rules:

Springing Rules.pdf


This was a test of my newest Springing Rules.



To set the tableau, during the Quasi-war, the American frigate Saratoga discovers a French frigate watering on a small island in the Caribbean. The French, caught off guard and on a lee shore decide to fight from a spring instead of slipping the anchor.


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My Soloplay Mechanism

by Dobbs on 07-28-2020 at 18:24
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The Latest Version of the Rules:

SoG Solo Tables - Sailing Master 1d6 7-28.pdf

In this round, I have incorporated a number of new suggestions, as well as making a small change to the Yellow Arc tables.

I suggest printing out pages 1 through 5. The remaining pages are just an example of play, as suggested by David Manley, and can just be left on your computer for viewing.

The Bearing Template:

SoG Solo SM Bearing Template.pdf

If anyone gives

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Schooner Rules for Sails of Glory

by Dobbs on 05-05-2019 at 09:09
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Here are my House Rules for schooners plus some other wind related rules. Note that the Green Arc is reversed with the Yellow Arc, since fore and aft vessels sail to windward better than downwind. The page numbers refer to the SoG rulebook.

Schooner Rules for Sails of Glory 05-05-19

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Burden 1 Movement: Due to their agility, unlike larger ships which must plan two movement cards ahead, all vessels with a Burden of 1 need only plan one movement card

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