Ep. 27: A new dawn - An Ocean Journey - Sailwind!

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9:15 -- RE: "The Flag at the top! Come on!"; A: Yeah that is a bit inconvenient at times but haven't you noticed it also has a weather vane with a couple of bars poking back at 45 degrees or so, port and starboard? That weathervane needs a chef's kiss.

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^^ Also, Fun Fact! While there is no official "Night Vision" implemented in the game, using the Telescope at night will let you see the flags and/or weather vane on any ship.

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Yup that spyglass trick worked everywhere but in firefish lagoon cause of the intense fog, it actually makes vision worse with it! For the flag, I wonder if it’s not about getting used to it. As mentioned later in the episode it already became less of a hassle!

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18:10 -- RE: "It's a very quick trip!"; A: Yep, It's on par with many of the shortest range transits in the game, around 32 miles. Sunspire to Fort Aestrin is also only 30 miles, and Siren Song to Eastwind 35 miles. The Cog can make 6 knots without too much trouble and without much wind, though, and I've always found it reliable for calculating the length of a transit by averages. Sample the speed with your chip log more often to get a better average approximation. ; ) I'll say one other thing for the Cog, it can be pretty fast too, especially when running downwind and using more than 1 square sail. Fort Aestrin's Dockyard sells a lovely trapezoidal 9 yard square sail... a pair of those suckers can make a Cog seem like its flying on deep water ocean.

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On my way to the shipyard! 🫡

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26:50 -- RE: The Aestrin Market Model; A: It's true, the night life in the Aestrin region is pretty slim pickings but it still has many strong features for the hard-working trader. Eastwind in particular has resource extraction on its side, so it offers copper, iron and goods at prices which are competitive with the rest of the Sailwind world and downright lucrative for a seasoned trader.

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^^ Bonus tip: Aestrin's Vendors (including the Innkeeper) will happily buy raw Fish from you. Trout, North Fish, Blackfin Hunters = 3 Crowns per fish, Salmon = 4 Crowns and Eels = 8 Crowns.

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Tbh that was more a general comment regarding lighting of towns. In most ports the docks and town are fairly dark at night. Like in Dragon’s Cliff I struggled to find the tavern at night. Just feel we could benefit from a tiny bit more lighting! Thanks for the tips on fish sale, I did not know that!!! Wow. A bit OP no? Haven’t started a game from Aestrin yet

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25:20 -- RE: Of course we're gonna pay it!; A: *YES.* TBH I held off buying the top of the line telescope until very recently myself because the extra powerful magnification wasn't really for much benefit. but I had a reason which involved not knowing what I would be looking for and thus I justified the expense by rationalizing it would be better to spot something however much earlier than never ever spotting it at all and sailing right past it. *Full disclosure,* turns out I did sail right past it, but luckily I was also paying very very close attention to my latitude and longitude Noon and night so I caught the overshoot error before I lost more than 60 miles.

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Good tips for that secret location 🙃 I hope to get there at some point… but not just yet… still expensive tho!