07-01-2026 Back to action I’m back from my holiday. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to write the planned review of the year before the break. 2024 ended with me feeling like I hadn’t achieved anything. My limited time and productivity … Read More
12-17-2025 A brief update This is one of my last dispatches of the year. We won’t be travelling over the holidays this time. Nevertheless, I have decided to slow down my activities a little, including my work on nauticalfiction.net. The … Read More
12-13-2024 Another weekend already Somehow, the week flew by. Even though I only took small steps again. Motti continues to gather views slowly but surely. And I’ve started the next set of data sheets for Inside Age of Sail. The … Read More
Rating: 1st Rate Armament: At least: 100 Guns Gundecks: 3 Design: 100 (100+) Guns1) Lower Gundeck: 30 x 32-Pounders Middle Gundeck: 28 x 24-Pounders Upper Gundeck: 30 x 12-Pounders Forecastle/Quaterdeck 2 x 68-Pounder Carronade /12 x 12-Pounders Deployment: Battle Line, … Read More
Rating: Rate Bewaffnung: At least: Guns Max.: —- Guns Gundeck(s): X Option: XX Guns Lower Gundeck: XX x XX-Pounders Middle Gundeck: XX x XX-Pounders Upper Gundeck: XX x XX POunders Upper Gundeck: XX/XX x XX-Pounders Deployment: Purpose 1, Purpose 2 … Read More
Rating: 3rd Rate Armament: Minimum: 62 Guns Maximum: 80 Guns Gundecks: 2 Design: 74 Guns Lower Gundeck: 28 x 32-Pounders Upper Gundeck: 28 x 18-Pounders Forecastle/Quaterdeck: 4 /14 x 9-Pounders Complement: about 650 Design: 64 Guns Lower Gundeck: 26 x … Read More
Rating: 4th Ragte Armament: At least: 46 Guns Max.: 60 Guns Gundecks: 2 Desing: 50 Guns Lower Gundeck: 22 x 24-Pounders Upper Gundeck: 22 x 12-Pounders Back/Achterdeck: 02 / 04 x 06-Pounders Complement: 350 Design: 60 Guns 1) Lower Gundeck: … Read More
Rating: 5th-Rate Armament: At least: More than 24 guns Max.: 44 Guns Gundecks: 2 Design: 44 Guns Lower Gundeck: 20 x 18-Pounders Upper Gundeck: 22 x 09-Pounders Forecastle 02 x 06-Pounders Deployment: Originally Battle Line 2) 1) The classic 5th-rate … Read More
12-03-2025 A brief update Last week, I was hardly productive at all. Now I have at least started to catch up on what I had left undone. Four out of six data sheets for the new information section on the … Read More
11-29-2025 Weekend – here are a few recent figures The week was even more chaotic than I expected. A very good eBay weekend with lots of shipping. And my already tight normal schedule went completely off the rails. No time … Read More