Sailing by COMPASS

[Edward Edgemenace]

Originally Posted by League

I think that the broadsides to some extent aim at ships: that is, to any certain reasonable range and angle, they'll head at that ship.

I chose the images in the AIMING BROADSIDES section very carefully, to demonstrate exactly that. I shot the masts off a navy greyhound then moved my ship around to demonstrate different aspects. The third picture in AIMING BROADSIDES was right before I accidentally sunk that greyhound when I pressed "1." (I had meant to turn my ship around and capture the mirror image first.) Since POTCO itself crashed at that point, I couldn't log back in to get more images (last night's "BAD ID OR PASSWORD" thing.)

I might revisit this later, to show more clearly, the difference in angles for galleons (swept aft,) sloops (swept forward,) and frigates. But all three will hit targets exactly on the imaginary line, so maybe it isn't worth the effort.