Alicatt
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My ancient machine
CPU Core i7 965 @3.2GHz
Asus PT6se MoBo - on it's last legs and will have to be replaced very soon.
12GB RAM Corsair Harr harrr
2x 1TB WD HDD
NVidia GTX760
It was built to be quiet about 6 years ago, it is still handling games ok but with the raid failing on the mobo it is about time for it to be retired.
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Nice set of three videos giving a simple introduction to tacking in a square rigged ship the Norwegian Sorlandet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6DZIvMZWzQ
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Canon firing at Amersfoort 100g of powder used and the "ball" was polystyrene
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The Ship Inn - now called the Harbour café, famous locally for the fact that Burke and Hare used the cellar to store bodies in before shipping them off to Edinburgh.
The Temperance - now called the Mackay's, when they prohibited alcohol in the late 1800 early 1900s in Wick because of all the drunken seamen in the town, the hotel was called that, and on a wet day the old name stands out on the building.
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Long time SciFi fan, and played the heck out of the Wing Commander and Privateer series so when the cryptic clues came up on various web forums back in 2012 it all added up to a 42 for me and I became an original backer as a Freelancer.
I have also put my money where my mouth is and backed NA too, just awaiting the key to my shiny new ship now
Due to a recent injury I have a reduced ability/strength in my left hand which has curtailed my passion for archery as I cannot hold my bow properly, it also affects the twitch responses needed for Arena commander in SC, not being able to feel what your fingers are doing sucks
SC is a game I have been waiting for, for a very long time, Naval Action also falls in to this category for me as I do love the sea and I really do feel alive when I am aboard a ship
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So many great movies and so little time.
My first love in films is Sci Fi, and living where after they closed the local cinema meant a 109 mile drive to the nearest one, so I built my own
But anyway, to films I have loved
Shogun: not a lot of naval action in it but it does start out on the stormy sea.
Band of Brothers: an excellent mini series.
Hornblower: this one I have as a German boxed set as the transfer to DVD is of much better quality than the one that was released in the UK
Letters from Iwo Jima / Flags of our Fathers: they should be watched together, two sides of the horror of war.
Last of the Mohicans: enough to say that my wife used the theme tune for our wedding last week
Sharpe: Sean Bean in a series that he didn't die before the end of the first reel - it's all win!
Master and Commander: really great sea tale, have the books queued on my Kindle to be read. I think they missed a great opportunity for a great series of films.
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There is life beyond 55 you know
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So torn between UK and Scotland in particular and following in my ancestor's footsteps and helping start the US Navy
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Discovered this sim when it was a little too late from some posts and an article on Sim HQ,
My family have had a long history of either going to sea or working on ships, from the early 1700s right up to myself who is the last of my family and trained as a radar technician with Decca Radar and working on the fishing boats around the UK.
One of my past relatives was a seaman and Captain of renown and served in the fledgling US navy then later in the Russian and French navies. In the family he was known as the black sheep that turned coat and fought for the emerging American nation after changing his name from John Paul to John Paul Jones.
So I am looking forward to getting in to this sim in what ever way I can, and hopefully I can try and save the Bonhomme Richard from those pesky English sailors
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