Comments by "Alex" (@Alex-cw3rz) on "The Drydock - Episode 282" video.

1:03:11 Pirates in the golden age of piracy would keep their cannons ready loaded. However, we aren't talking about the most disciplined lot, so how long and what level of degradation would occur who knows. We do know that due to the smaller cannons most were armed with, they weren't really looking to punch many holes into ships, which would not be healthy for the cargo either. So the fact it may have delayed, change the range or make it underpowered would be less of a factor for them at least. At the same time when you keep in mind the distances you will first spot a vessel from even if it jumps out from a headland, to beat to quarters even if that took 10 - 20 minutes, you will probably be waiting a further two to four hours plus before you are in range and if you really don't want to fight, well that can stretch for mutiple days in some cases.
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@JmbFountain can I ask who we is?
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