Wonderful news! Though I would have preferred the Temeraire or Tonnant as we already have two first rates, any Jacques-Noel Sane ship that makes it to the game is a good thing.
Indeed. The margin for error is even smaller in group battles because the discipline needed to retake the wind is seldom present.
The outcome of these battles can and is usually decided within the first two to five minutes. Once wind is conceded it's lights out, merely a matter of time. Shooting at masts is only effective if the charging team does to line astern rather than line abreast.
Way off topic, BUT, given the odd hull shape of the turtle boat, is this the oddest shaped steel hull you've ever seen or what? It's the French Battleship Charles Martel.
Or this one, the Carnot