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I agree Rob. I was just making sure that Jonas understood that I didn't have both English and Spanish using carronades seeing as he mentioned it being not necessarily an appropriate comparison.

I was always under the impression (perhaps incorrectly) that Spanish ships were better in gunnery, or simply had a higher weight of metal than their French or English counterparts.

Thankfully I didn't have the Spaniards using carronades, only the English.
I was still stunned by the firepower of an initial broadside from a 1st rate though. It's the first time I've had one on...

Interesting. I didn't know that. Clearly the Spanish captain didn't either!

Played a two on two scenario using Carronades rule for the British and standard gunnery for the Spanish today.

I noted that they were mostly effective in the chase due to the wider firing arc but...

That's true.
All carronade did exist of course, to devastating effect, but were very uncommon in the era so that's a plus.

In your opinion how do you view Carronades and their ability to fire each turn Texas?
Essentially in the same way? Or okay because of the range penalty?

I like both the Carronades rule, and the Continuous Fire - from a historical standpoint, although it probably is overpowered when not playing advanced rules.

Perhaps rather than just having to...

Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I'm interested to know if this has been implemented in house rules.

I liked the idea of limiting to single shot or grape during continuous fire and thought...