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Well done, gentlemen!

As I recall, in Ares' fortifications rules, there's no real allowance for critical hits like sail, leak, rudder, and mast hits. Also, fire doesn't seem like it would be as much of a threat to forts....

Yep, trying to put gunports in a clinker hull had its challenges. I think it would have been interesting if Ares had followed through with different time periods. The high sterncastles on the older...

Wow, Rob, you got me by almost 100 years. That's a great picture that shows how things changed up to Elizabeth's time! It's like Cabot's is the Wright Flyer, Elizabeth II is a WW1 biplane, and...

We've been exploring the Albemarle Sound for the last few weeks. It's challenging, but two days ago we had a ripsnorting sail east down the sound and arrived in Roanoke. Roanoke, North Carolina is...

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Thanks for the reply, David. That is pretty much what I was thinking. The only physical example I have is San Marcos, in Florida, which is pretty darned symmetrical, but with very little...

I've been trying to make fortifications more interesting, adding critical hits like the ships have, and other stuff.

One question I've come up with but don't have an answer for is; was the...

Welcome, Nick! If you have any questions, suggestions, or observations, let fly. The folks who loiter here are friendly and helpful.

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I came up with this the other day, as I like my Current/Set rules, but I thought the cards could be improved.

Here's a PDF version if the JPEG doesn't appeal.

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Today we moved a bit farther south. I believe that picture is before the small craft advisory arrived 3 hours early. We finished the day with the 2nd reef in the main and the first in the...

Yep, Magnificent Hayes is a hero of mine. Here's an excerpt from "Seamanship in the Age of Sail".

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The last few days, Grace did heel a few times like that bottom picture, but I ...

Garr! 3 days of riding out gales at anchor. For the last one, the wind veered unexpectedly and left us on a lee shore. The picture just doesn't describe it (land immediately behind me with surf...

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Random acts of Piracy

Sunday morning we left Washington DC and moved down the Potomac to George Washington's house, Mount Vernon. We anchored off his dock, and the park folks actually...

Thank you, Admiral. It's very shiny!

More sailing, Aye, aye! Today is a day of victualing and watering. We sail in two tides.

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Here's another one for you, Rob

An ice cream shop just up from our boat has these cow-ches (couches) out front.

Even riding the Metro (English translation - Tube) is a treat

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This was a perspective shot of a moderately long escalator down to the trains.

Garr! It was upstairs. There's just so much to see!

I took this especially for you, Rob.

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Ape House, Apiary, what's the diff?

A hearty congratulations to both Lankin and Bos'n! It wasn't an easy month for postng.

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Yesterday afternoon we explored a corner of the American History Museum. They had a nice collection of commercial sailing vessel models.

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When talking about American...

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Turtle Power!

We found this in the Spy Museum lobby as we were walking to the American History Museum.

Apparently some engineers decided to see if the sub was practical. It...

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Here's our home for the next few days. The Smithsonian Institute is about 7 blocks away. We went for a walk through the cherry blossoms and checked out the Washington Monument and Lincoln...

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We found this in Alexandria, just south of DC. She's a reproduction of the sloop Providence. I imagine that there will be a bowsprit on her in the near future.
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