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In the dramatic conclusion, Saratoga gains the upper hand with a solid bow rake. I must have missed a turn of closing and reloading here.

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Battered and unable to flee, Amphion...

Hi Félix, I have yet to post them, but they are on their way. I will warn you, they are designed to use SoG ships, as I favor their shapes and scale the most.:happy:

The two ships continue to parallel each other, with the range slowly decreasing. Again, broadsides are exchanged, and Saratoga continues to make incremental gains.

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The wind drops back to the speed at the start of the engagement.

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Saratoga successfully crosses the wind and finishes her plotted tack....

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A potential wind speed decrease is on the table.

With both ships reloading, Saratoga decides that it's safe to tack.

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Now the wind backs (I made an error at this point and played it as a veering wind instead. I didn't catch my mistake for a few turns).

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Before movement, Amphion is reoriented to...

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The wind speed does increase, but no change to direction.

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Saratoga, suffering a rudder hit, is moving -2 less than plotted, but gains +1 from the wind. There's also a -2 for...

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The wind threatens to strengthen a bit with a hint of backing.

Saratoga continues straight and jogs into the red arc at the last moment. Amphion remains head-to-wind, drawing a line on...

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The chance of the wind lessening goes away.

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Now closehauled, Saratoga goes straight, albeit at her slowest speed.

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It seems like the British had a similar plan as Amphion luffs up.

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Lucky for Saratoga, the ships are still beyond long range.

Saturday gave me another opportunity to try my game mechanism. I favor 32 gun frigates as test ships since they have some durability and yet are still quite agile.

July 23rd, 1780, 40 miles east...

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The big 4 person melee I was hoping for didn't happen on Saturday because Covid got in the way.

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Instead, my friend and fellow potential Covid contaminant Ray and I entertained...

Looking forward to your visit, Eric!

:happy: Last night I was ordering buildings for Ft McHenry and found it on their website. Suffice to say there is one en-route to me at this moment.

That's a pretty cool fort, Rob. Where does it come from?

This is where the fight ended. Saratoga was taking a bit of a pasting, but the mizzen hit was promising. Had the fight continued, I would have worked hard to bring my undamaged port side into play.

After turninginto the wind, Saratoga's speed has dropped to 3. The bext turn is uneventful as both ships head west and reload.

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Saratoga tries to cut across the Amazon's stern...

Do you physically take a picture of the screen?

Just out of curiosity, how do you gents post files with pictures of what you're posting here? I can post PDF's, but it never shows what the file is.

My files for this are done using LibreOffice,...

Thanks for the compliments and Rep, Rob!

As an additional note, I allow each class of ship a certain number of free leak hits (indicated off the port bow of the diagram). This is what the pumps...

Once again, Saratoga is in a superior tactical position. This time, her gun crews manage to even the score a bit.

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At the start of the next turn, I roll to see how the crew does tacking the ship. They are entirely successful, and Saratoga continues across the wind without losing too much way.

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After the exchange, Saratoga decides that to tack while the British reload. On the Plotting Log I indicate that I intend to tack (the equivalent of playing a 4> red card), as compared to staying...

For ships with 12 pdrs as their primary armament I subtract -1 any numerical damage shown on the drawn chits to reflect the lesser punch than 18 pdrs. I find this makes for a more even fight when...

I've replaced one of the photos that was not visible on my end. The other one is still visible here and I feel like I shouldn't poke the bear... it's just another view of the Plotting Log.


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