I managed to avoid it for the most part, but on turn 13 I had to avoid the island and ended up in the fore arc of the enemy by a millimeter with the stern straight at him. I think I put the ruler a little more generously on the base in the photo to make it stay for the photo. But alas...

At least in the beginning I waited with tacking until the first rate would have to to avoid the shoreline. A stern rake from a full broadside of an only slightly damaged first rate could almost have sunk the Indie, at least with a few special damages.