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 of the mouth of the Chesapeake, a chance encounter between the American frigate Saratoga and the British frigate Amphion.
A southerly wind has both ships on a beam reach. I plot my course to gain the weather gauge.
Here's a step-by-step breakdown of my first move, a 3 point turn to starboard followed by 5 movements in a straight line at medium speed as due to being on a beam reach. In game terns this is expressed as "S" for a 2 point turn, "z" forca 1 point turn, and 5 for the straights.
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