The Battle of Lighthouse Point

[Dobbs]

At this point, the wind had backed to the northeast. With these behemoths, neither of us wanted to risk tacking, so each time we wore ship, we worked a little farther from the headland. Of course the current kept setting us back toward the point. Still trying to get a shot in, I sailed into the teeth of another broadside.




At this point, I raised the signal, "enemy in sight", to try to trick my opponent into thinking I was not alone. Since we had picked a duel scenario, it didn't work.
I had to weather another broadside before I could finally bring my own to bear.





I really wanted to retire at this point, but with the mast damage, I knew I was committed. I sent the midshipman to weight the codebooks.