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Published at 2019-06-06 00:04:53

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If you're into colonial era Dutch navy,check out "The Admiral"https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2544766/
It's
foreign language (Dutch) with english subtitles, but was pretty inviting to me.

I've got into sailboats a bit in the past few years and now really appreciate the tactical genius of Naval commanders in the age of sail.  With self-propelled vehicles, and they general proceed where you steer them.  That's not always trusty in a sailboat.  The formations,tack and point of sail were very intentional and could upset the balance in a naval battle.

Minor technical advances, such as accurate mechanical clocks, or weather forecasting were as important to them as radar and encrypted computer networks to us.

Source: thesurvivalpodcast.com