DeRuyter

Ironically, Capt. Broke's most famous battle was fought with the ships virtually touching. (USS Chesapeake v HMS Shannon).

Great posts Baggy! You'll have to share some photos and the results of your chat onboard the Rose. Of course, modern square rig crew have a short cut for some of their maneuvers.... the "iron wind". Practicalities of schedules and limited crew unfortunately. Now let me tell you about hoisting a 1500 lb tops'l yard......

Does the combat/damage model even account for officer casualties at this point?

Judging by this thread and the devs response it certainly does seem there is a commitment to historical realism and as a sailor and age of sail enthusiast this is paramount for me. However just by perusing the forums one can see a big issue threatening to get in the way of these good intentions: Pirates. As soon as you mention an age of sail game it is one of the first topics to come up. Just look at the discussion over whether pirates could obtain a 1st rate SOL, or the comparison to the existing age of sail pirate games. Why is that even a discussion, IMO because many players equate age of sail with pirates and they want to be a pirate when the full game is released. If you were true to an 18th & 19th century historical naval simulation the golden age of piracy was long gone (ended about 1715). Certainly you have smuggling and piracy to a limited extent and we have the ships historically used for such (Lynx for one), but pirates/piracy should in no way drive the game development.

Here is a review I found on IMDB which also names the ships they used in filming: " I saw this movie last night in cinema Buitenhof, next to the Gevangenpoort prison where the actual brothers de Witt were lynched at the time. It broadly shows the military career of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter between 1653 and 1677, during the Anglo-Dutch wars. An heroic spectacle which paints de Ruyter as a common family man. Similar in tone to movies like 'The Patriot' (2000) by Mel Gibson and 'Pearl Harbor' (2001) by Michael Bay, only on a budget of 8 million dollars instead of over a 100. 4 replica's of actual historical sailing ships were used; 'De Batavia' from 1995, the 'Shtandart' from 1999, the 'Étoile du Roi' from 1996, and 'Het Utrechts Statenjacht' from 2003. 'De Batavia' with the red lion figurehead on the prow, and the 'Shtandart' with its bright yellow sides and wreath shaped cannon portholes were very recognizable. Even though there are many explosions, it appears that the use of stage blood wasn't allowed on these replica's. The horrible murder of the brothers de Witt in the disaster year 1672 is shown here for the first time in detail. Very topical in this era of political murders and terrorism in which the discussion between Republicans and monarchists is breaking out again, this is definitely not a movie which Orange fans would want to see...but perhaps they should. Released in two versions for both ages 16 and 12, the latter presumably without nudity and less violence. I've only seen the 16+ version, and recommend it to anybody with a even a slight interest in dramatic history." Hopefully we'll get it in the cinema at least in select cities in the US. I recognize some of the Dutch actors (Rutger Hauer of course). There was an excellent Dutch movie about the resistance in WWII saw in the theater in the US; "Zwartboek" (Black Book). That was a Paul Verhoeven film, who of course is well known here.

If you go to your profile you can edit your forum ID, but I am not sure what that does to your in game name. I am thinking about it because someone else is using mine but with a space. The system should have caught that but I guess not.