Podcasts about Gunboat

Ronnie Simpson is a 40-year-old professional racing sailor from the United States of America who aims to sail in the 2027 Global Solo Challenge race. Recently, Ronnie was the skipper of the Open 50 Shipyard Brewing which competed in the first-ever Global Solo Challenge in 2023-24. Sailing in a strong third place for most of the race, Ronnie unfortunately dismasted off of Argentina in February 2024 and Shipyard Brewing was lost at sea. Having completed 80% of a singlehanded racing circumnavigation and rounding all of the three great capes including Cape Horn, Ronnie's resolve to race in and complete the Global Solo Challenge is now only stronger. To that effect, Ronnie purchased Class 40 #15 ‘Koloa Maoli' in early 2025 to mount another campaign for the Global Solo Challenge. As a combat-wounded and medically retired US Marine and Iraq war veteran who has sailed more than 175,000 miles at sea, Ronnie is proud to use his sailing efforts to raise both funds and awareness for US Patriot Sailing, a 501c3 Veterans' sailing non-profit organization. Ronnie credits sailing with saving his life and believes in the inspirational and therapeutic benefit of finding purpose through sailing. We talk about his new Class 40 sailboat Koloa Maoli, preparing the boat for the GSC, sailing the boat, the mast, the keel, comparing Class 40 boats to cruising boats, safety of Class 40 boats, building the GSC campaign, other races, sailing in Maine and Canada, destinations, how to win a long ocean race, the motivation and drive to race sailboats, cruising vs racing, delivering a Hanse with Elliot Smith, sailing a Hobie 18 in Maine, sailing a Gunboat 60, dream boats, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Sustainability Maine, Remoran hydrogenerators, and more. Links and photos are here. Support the show here.

Talking all about multi-aspect heroes! In this episode, Boomguy and AndyR explore the theme of multi-aspect heroes in Marvel Champions, discussing various deck archetypes and showcasing specific decks centered around characters like Adam Warlock, Spider-Woman, Cable, Gamora, and Cyclops. They delve into listener comments, the dynamics of different player archetypes, and the unique challenges and strategies involved in building multi-aspect decks. We highlight the creativity and fun that can arise from these unique deck-building opportunities while also acknowledging the complexities they introduce. 1. Children of the Atom (Warlock): https://marvelcdb.com/decklist/view/44735/children-of-the-atom-warlock-1.0 2. Jess & Carol Kill the Marvel Universe: https://marvelcdb.com/decklist/view/39819/jess-and-carol-kill-the-marvel-universe-1.0 3. Maria Maria (Do your friends love cards?): https://marvelcdb.com/decklist/view/45479/maria-maria-do-your-friends-love-cards-1.0 4. Psy-Kickin' It: https://marvelcdb.com/decklist/view/44648/psy-kickin-it-1.0 5. Rogue+Pete=8+ Gunboat every time!: https://marvelcdb.com/decklist/view/44997/rogue-pete-8-gunboat-every-time-1.0 6. What if we used 100% of Gamora's ability? [True Solo]: https://marvelcdb.com/decklist/view/45030/what-if-we-used-100-of-gamora-s-ability-true-solo-1.0 Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Winning Hand and Deck Building 01:07 Understanding Spike, Johnny, and Timmy Players 04:19 The Timmy Player Dilemma in Marvel Champions 09:06 Nomenclature for Deck Archetypes 13:10 Exploring Multi-Aspect Heroes 17:43 Deck Showcase: Adam Warlock 23:46 Deck Showcase: Spider-Woman 29:29 Deck Showcase: Cable 32:13 Exploring Psionic Strategies 34:46 Deck Building Insights and Recommendations 37:02 Maria Hill: The Card Draw Engine 39:58 Gamora's Solo Deck: A Unique Approach 50:34 Cyclops and Gunboat Diplomacy 01:02:52 Reflections on Multi-Aspect Heroes

Join Stephen and Jason as the pair take up arms in this brand new review discussion to talk all about Team Ninja's Rise Of The Ronin! Follow the team on Twitter: Stephen Jason Please visit www.player2.net.au for more awesome content, subscribe to the youtube channel and consider becoming a Player2 patron, www.patreon.com/player2au

You've heard of Neo-Confederates, but what about Nepo-Confederates. Here's the story of the USS Underwriter and her loss during a Confederate attempt to re-capture New Bern, NC in February 1864. Sources:Coddington, Ronald S. "Civil War Sailors: From the Collections Of Our Readers." Military Images, vol. 30, no. 3, Nov - Dec 2008, pp. 25 - 37. Duppstadt, Andrew. "USS Underwriter." North Carolina History Project, 2016. https://northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/uss-underwriter/Green, John B. "The Underwriter rises from the deep." The Kellenberger Room, 21 Mar 2015. https://kellenbergerroom.blogspot.com/2015/03/the-underwriter-rises-from-deep.htmlPowles, James M. "John Taylor Wood, Hero of the Confederacy." June 2004, https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/john-taylor-wood-hero-of-the-confederate-navy/Sullivan, David L. "The Few, the Forgotten: The Confederate States Marines." Military Images, vol. 3, no. 3, Nov - Dec 1981, pp. 16 -21. "Underwriter I (Side-wheel Gunboat)." Naval History and Heritage Command, 20 Apr 2018. https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/u/underwriter-i.htmlSupport the show

Josh Axler will be sailing in the 2026 Golden Globe Race. We talk about racing boats both fast and slow, carbon fiber vs fiberglass and steel in boat construction, racing a Gunboat, why he wants to do the Golden Globe Race, books, managing Elliot Smith's 2022 GGR campaign, the NOR, solitude, selecting his boat for the race - an Endurance 35, sailing a ketch, getting the boat ready for the race, setting the boat up for singlehanding, long passages, instant coffee, writing, a favorite sailing memory, a scary sailing memory, sailing alone in fog, and much more!

Today, we're diving into the incredible story of Gunboat Judy, the courageous dog who became a hero during wartime. Join us as we discover how Judy's loyalty and bravery saved lives at sea and why she'll always be remembered as a true four-legged hero. Get ready for an inspiring tale of courage and loyalty that will leave you in awe of man's best friend.Get $10 off StoryButton, a podcast player for kids!

In this week's BOAT Briefing, Sophia is joined by Online Yachts Editor Katia Damborsky to discuss recent trips to Monaco. Sophia was in the Principality to host a roundtable event, in partnership with Cookson Adventures, while Katia was reporting on the engineering prowess of students at the Monaco Energy Boat Challenge. In the news is an exclusive scoop by Katia on a new-build CRN 70-metre called Project Thunderball, as well as Gunboat's red-hulled maxi-cat, Baltic's futuristic foil-assisted Raven, and 111.8-metre Renaissance on sea trials. The data this week looks at June's brokerage figures, which saw the market normalise after a record-breaking May. https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/news/monaco-energy-boat-challenge-10th-edition https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/70m-crn-superyacht-thunderball https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/gunboat-80-highland-fling-catamaran https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/baltic-111-raven-sailing-yacht https://www.boatinternational.com/yachts/news/freire-nb274-explorer https://www.boatinternational.com/boat-pro/superyacht-insight/brokerage-report-june-2023

Why don't the Panamanians hate us? We sliced their country in two to build the Panama Canal, owned and controlled the Canal Zone, disallowed Panamanians from visiting the Canal Zone, and even attacked Panama in 1989, drawing condemnation from the UN and the Organization of American States.  So how is it a good thing to throw our July 4th party on a gunboat right smack in the Canal? We ask Amb. John Feeley, who did exactly that.

Photo: No known restrictions on publication. @Batchelorshow 1904 Port Arthur #PRC:  Gunboat diplomacy in the South China Sea.  Colonel Jeff McCausland , USA (retired) @mccauslj @CBSNews @dickinsoncol https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-warning-us-philippines-stage-largest-ever-drills https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-warning-us-philippines-stage-largest-ever-drills.amp

Episode: 2462 The Mississippi Delta: Rewriting Geography.  Today, geography shifts before our eyes.

Claremont Senior Fellow Christopher Caldwell joins Spencer to discuss Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and America's involvement in it. Caldwell's brief outline of Ukraine's history with Russia leads them to a broader discussion of why Ukraine became the flash point for Russia's ire, and how Americans are inclined to narrativize the war. As the conflict rages on in new and ill-defined ways, what position are everyday Americans left in?

Pull the Pin Already (WAR ROOM Ep 108): Jim and Nate discuss various headlines found in today's media. Opinions are based on personal experience and not from the content of the article, unless someone has happened to read it. What's your take on the opinions and concerns expressed during the show? Let them know by discussing your own views in the comments below. If you like what they have to say click the like button below and share this video with your friends. Don't forget to subscribe and hit the notification bell for future episodes. **Subscribe on Rumble or one of our other media platforms and forget ScrewTube** www.pullthepinalready.com VIDEO CHANNELS Youtube www.youtube.com/channel/UCfUOkihz4MloQUyWWYypPGw Rumble https://rumble.com/c/PullThePinAlready Bitchute https://www.bitchute.com/accounts/referral/pullthepinalready/ UGE tube https://ugetube.com/@Pull%20The%20Pin%20Already

  One hundred eight-five years ago, at Camp Monroe, the Seminole nearly scored a second rout of soldiers akin in decisiveness to the Dade Battle of late December 1835. Nearly. But the fierce battle on February 8, 1837, produced a more favorable outcome to the Army.  The Seminoles amassed a huge armed contingent to attack the U.S. encampment on Lake Monroe. It was a close-run battle. Had the troops obeyed their commander to replace their flints with wooden chips for training purposes the next day, had the troops NOT obeyed their commander to construct a breastworks the day before, had the men shown less discipline in their firing, had an Army lieutenant not manned a six-pound gun on a nearby Navy riverboat, the day might have belonged to the Seminole. Instead, the U.S. Army repulsed the Seminole for one of its rare clear-cut victories in the Second Seminole War. The Museum of Seminole County History is commemorating the 185th anniversary of the Battle of Camp Monroe. Bennett Lloyd, museum director described the commemoration for us in a previous podcast. In this podcast, he rejoins to narrate a chronology of the battle and how the Army fought off the Seminole advance.   (Above) The innovative Cochran Repeating Turret Gun kept Seminole at bay in this battle. But design flaws causing an accidental chain-firing from all chambers with one pull of the trigger led the Army to adopt the Colt revolving chamber gun over the repeating turret gun. (Below) Three books and pamphlets cover the battle and forts at Lake Monroe: Camp Monroe, Camp Mellon, Fort Mellon.    Host Patrick Swan is a board member with the Seminole Wars Foundation. He is a combat veteran and of the U.S. Army, serving in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, and Kosovo, and at the Pentagon after 9/11. A military historian, he holds masters degrees in Public History, Communication, and Homeland Security, and is a graduate of the US Army War College with an advanced degree in strategic studies. This podcast is recorded at the homestead of the Seminole Wars Foundation in Bushnell, Florida.  Subscribe automatically to the Seminole Wars through your favorite podcast catcher, such as iHeart or Stitcher or Spotify, DoubleTwist, or Pandora or Google podcasts or iTunes, or ... Check it out so you always get the latest episode without delay where and when you want it. Like us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube!  

Author Barbara Tomblin joins Kentucky Focus to tell us about her book "The Civil War on the Mississippi: Union Sailors, Gunboat Captains and the Campaign to Control the River"

Episode 1677: Our article of the day is Yugoslav gunboat Beli Orao.

00:00 clip from within - are we the ones who should again?00:30 theme song - We've got to do something01:30 come on in and get to know us - Utopia is shit now05:00 Driving forward as a lifestyle - Domination mentality11:00 Hi Russia it's Jason and Jeffrey from America 24:00 Should we be the world police again - Join NATO and face aggression28:00 Gunboat diplomacy - That's what the pilgrims did so Happy Thanksgiving29:37 Insertion point - Russia looks aggressive because Russia is being aggressive32:00 Democracy is better than none - All the versions34:00 American exceptionalism - A melting pot of smart39:00 The grocery store model of democracy - The Russia Ukraine relationship - guns over diplomates41:00 State your case for communism - Make Ukraine a deal45:00 Trying to retract our military presence - expanding diplomacy50:00 tricky dicky Belarus - They're pawns not illegal 55:00 Not every Democracy is not inclusionary Public Access America Sunday A.M #LiveStream Noon Eastern 9 A.M Pacific 11 A.M Centralhttps://youtu.be/PgQ38hm8_EsApple https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/public-access-america/id1118000423?i=1000515737702@Spotifyhttps://open.spotify.com/episode/589U8kzclmVd3Ny3Dyh3t2?si=q5AWhmzSRX23_AL4mI8Jpg@Stitcherhttps://www.stitcher.com/show/public-access-america@RadioPublichttps://radiopublic.com/public-access-america-WPD3XR@AmazonMusichttps://music.amazon.com/podcasts/36eeac72-@RedCirclehttps://redcircle.com/shows/public-access-americaSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/public-access-america/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Gene Simmons unloaded a gunboat of thoughts about anti-vaxxers saying that you stop for a red light, you can't smoke for a reason and if you are un-vaxxed and walk among us, you are the enemy.. #GeneSimmons #Kiss

Our guests discuss several topics with us relating to September 11, 2001. We cover what should have been done from the start, but was not. Just War Theory is ridiculed and a proper foreign policy is covered. We face the somber topic of the number of military suicides and physically/mentally wounded since the last twenty years. We try to end on a positive note. Show notes with links to articles, blog posts, products and services: https://theundercurrent.org/thats-why-i-draw-you-an-interview-with-bosch-fawstin/ (“That's Why I Draw You”: An Interview with Bosch Fawstin) https://theobjectivestandard.com/2020/01/bosch-fawstin-on-combating-the-evil-of-islam/ (Bosch Fawstin on Combating the Evil of Islam) http://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com/search/label/Pigman (Pigman) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vienna (Battle of Vienna (September 11, 1683)) https://peikoff.com/essays_and_articles/end-states-who-sponsor-terrorism/ (End States Who Sponsor Terrorism) https://www.thereligionofpeace.com (The Religion of Peace dot com) https://ari.aynrand.org/issues/foreign-policy/foreign-policy-more/religious-terrorism-vs-free-speech/ (Religious Terrorism vs. Free Speech) https://www.rferl.org/a/after-27-year-silence-swedish-nobel-prize-academy-denounces-iran-fatwa-salman-rushdie/27634457.html (After 27 Years, Nobel Prize Panel Blasts Iran's Fatwa On Rushdie ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_war_theory (Just war theory) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat_diplomacy (Gunboat diplomacy) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thank_You_for_Your_Service_(2017_film) (Thank You for Your Service (2017 film)) https://www.uso.org/stories/2664-military-suicide-rates-are-at-an-all-time-high-heres-how-were-trying-to-help (Military Suicide Rates Are at an All-Time High; Here's How We're Trying to Help) https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/costs/human/military/wounded (U.S. & Allied Wounded) https://amzn.to/3nmF0Wq (Just and Unjust Wars: A Moral Argument with Historical Illustration) https://rumble.com/vm55uj-ep.-029-is-religion-the-future-of-american-politics.html (Ep. 029: Is Religion the Future of American Politics?) https://www.andrewbernstein.net/truth/ (Truth in Politics show) https://theobjectivestandard.com/2019/11/peaceful-death-threats-by-bosch-fawstin/ (Peaceful Death Threats by Bosch Fawstin) https://objectivistmedia.com/presentations/texas-s-anti-life-abortion-law (Texas's Anti-Life Abortion Law) http://theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com (The Bosch Fawstin Store) https://www.andrewbernstein.net ( Andrew Bernstein dot net) Episode 31 (46 minutes) was recorded at 9 PM CET, on September 4, 2021, with https://ringr.com/ego (Ringr app).. Editing and post-production was done with the https://alitu.com/?fp_ref=egonetcast (podcast maker, Alitu). CLAIM=9fd49d77064314c42dcf798a995925036623425f=CLAIM Support this podcast

Battleships, warplanes, brinkmanship, and geopolitics on the high seas. What actually happened when Britain's HMS Defender sailed from the Ukrainian port of Odessa to the Georgian port of Batumi? How did what appears to have been a routine mission to assert navigation rights in the Black Sea escalate into a military and diplomatic incident between Russia and the West? With Russia and NATO conducting dueling naval exercises in the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Seas tensions are rising. On this week's Power Vertical Podcast, host Brian Whitmore speaks to military analyst Michael Kofman of the CNA Corporation about what it all means. Enjoy…

Bro History Gunboat Diplomacy “Gunboat diplomacy” refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives through the threat of force. One of the most notorious case studies of “Gunboat diplomacy” is when Matthew C. Perry forced Japan to dismiss their 200 year policy of isolation and start trading with the U.S. On todays’ episode we dive into early U.S. relations […] Gunboat Diplomacy szamotah

Farscape 2·01: Mind the Baby: Part 2 A game of rock-paper-scissors becomes a game of Deal Or No Deal, when lives depend on a devil's bargain: the enemy of my frenemy might just be my end... First aired on Friday, 17 March 2000, written by Richard Manning, and directed by Andrew Prowse Support this podcast

Roll up your sleeve - and your children's sleeves - and ask NO QUESTIONS! Just Obey.  Watching the NCAA Basketball tourney, I found myself asking "Where's the diversity?" Republicans man the GUN BOATS! And the F35 is a wildly expensive piece of "expletive"? How did that happen?

Barry brings his own Bit of Historical Craic to John and Seamus

Nollaig Shona agus athbhliain faoi mhaise daoibhse go leir. I know it's going to be a strange Christmas. It's always poignant as we think of absent friends and family but this year especially we think of those who fell victim to the Pandemic. It's very important that we do the best we can to stay safe, to keep our families and our friends safe and to follow the basic health advice and rules. It's also close to the time when the British government has to make its mind up on Brexit. Brexit is the outworking of a little Englander mentality that harks back to the days of the Empire and those who propose this believe that by cutting themselves off from their ties with the European Union Britain can attain the power and prestige it once enjoyed as an Empire on which it was claimed that the sun never set. And when they were the largest Empire the world had ever seen a key tactic of British imperial strategy for much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and part of the 20th century, was gunboat diplomacy. So, when the British Empire wished to extend its economic and political influence and power, or curb the desire for independence by others, without the necessity of a full scale military intervention. British gunboats would be sent in to blockade ports and threaten governments. It was the brazen use of intimidation and the threat of greater violence to achieve its objective. Of course the British were not alone in using this tactic. All of the European colonial powers used similar tactics. However, as the largest Empire ever in the history of humanity, and with a navy providing it with unrivalled power, the use of gunboat diplomacy allowed the British to hold hundreds of millions of people across the world in thrall to its demands and exploitation.So as this year of 2020 fades gunboat diplomacy was resurrected by the British government.  

In this episode, our players discuss how to form a stalemate line against Russia in a game of Gunboat Diplomacy.

Tensions come to a head between Chiang Kai-shek, Wang Jingwei and General Kuibyshev, as a Soviet plot backfires spectacularly.Further Reading:C. Martin Wilbur and Julie Lien-ying How, Missionaries of Revolution: Soviet Advisers and Nationalist China, 1920-1927Wu Tien-wei, “Chiang Kai-shek's March Twentieth Coup d'Etat of 1926”Barbara Tuchman, Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911-1945Some names from this episode:Mikhail Borodin, Comintern agent and head of Soviet mission to aid the GuomindangWang Jingwei, Leader of Guomindang government in Guangdong in late 1925 and early 1926Dai Jitao, Right-wing Guomindang ideologueNikolay Kuibyshev, Soviet general and head of military mission in Guangdong in late 1925 and early 1926Victor Rogachev, Soviet general and adviser to Chiang Kai-shekLi Zhilong, Communist in Guomindang navyHu Hanmin, Leader of Guomindang right-wing, spent a period of exile in the USSRAndrei Bubnov, Headed Soviet military inspection mission to ChinaGeneral V. A. Stepanov, Headed Soviet military mission after Kuibyshev left and before Blyukher returnedVasily Blyukher, Soviet general whose return was requested by Chiang Kai-shekChen Duxiu, General Secretary of the Communist Party

A new episode

The German gunboat SMS Panther was sent to the Moroccan port of Agadir, sparking the Second Moroccan ...

The guys interview prolific Diplomacy writer Brother Bored and discuss other Diplomacy stuff including the Scottish Clan Wars variant before Amby stuffs up. Intro & news The guys are still at Red Hook (a back to back recording) (0 mins 10 secs) Interview with Brother Bored The guys introduce the interview with Brother Bored, who plays as swordsman3003 at webDip (2 mins 40 secs) Brother Bored discusses how he got into Diplomacy  (3 mins 30 secs) He talks about how the flexibility of online Diplomacy really worked for him, how he got competitive about the game and how he started teaching his friends about how to play (6 mins) He discusses how this got him into blogging about Diplomacy so he could share his learnings, initially around gunboat. You can read his Diplomacy teaching blogs at brotherbored.com/diplomacy (8 mins 30 secs) Amby asks about how Brother Bored addresses different learning styles in how he writes his Diplomacy content. He touches on his Gunboat solo win guides , stalemate lines and how strategy differs in gunboat compared to normal press or face to face (13 mins) In comparison he's also written a 80,000 word journal about the gunboat game, The Biggest Game of All Time (18 mins) Amby asks why Brother Bored's handle is different to webDip and how he choose them both (23 mins 30 secs) He discusses where he gets his ideas from for posts (26 mins 30 secs) Amby asks how much time Brother Bored spends on his blog (30 mins) Amby asks whether Brother Bored gets any weird web traffic coming through (34 mins) Kaner asks Brother Bored about whether he has any interest in Diplomacy variants (36 mins 20 secs) Brother Bored talks about his timing bad luck on being able to play face to face (42 mins 45 secs) Amby asks with all the online play due to Coronavirus, whether Brother Bored has got a bump in traffic due to more online Dip interest (44 mins 45 secs) After discussing his dream of writing more teaching blogs for other games, Brother Bored mentions he's now become a paid Diplomacy tutor (46 mins 30 secs) The guys wrap up the interview before returning to their drinks and discuss the interview. Kaner talks about the exercise of keeping a record of each moves across all players (48 mins) The boom in online Diplomacy Amby discusses how when the podcast started vDiplomacy had only 500 active players, but its now up to 1,300 active players. He wonders whether this has been driven by Coronavirus limiting face to face and turning people to online platforms (53 mins 45 secs) Kaner supports the etiquette and ethics of these players who keep the games to their friends in password protected games. He then mentions webDip is now at over 3,000 active players (56 mins) More online Diplomacy chat Amby's joined back into the Winning thread at vDip (58 mins) Amby thinks he's being goaded into playing a game called "The Ambassador should join, because they need to b" (1 hr 2 mins) Scottish Clan Wars variant They discuss Scottish Clan Wars a new variant over at vDip which Kaner is currently playing (1 hr 6 mins)   Amby discusses the times he's been to Scotland (1 hr 10 mins) Kaner talks about how he's finding the game (1 hr 12 mins) And then... Amby fucked up cutting the show early, with the teaser of next episode to discuss "Stupid Greedy vs Smart Gains" (1 hr 14 mins) Venue: Red Hook, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner & Amby - Newtowner Australian Pale Ale by Young Henry's from Sydney, Australia Just a reminder you can support the show by giving it 5 stars on iTunes or Stitcher. And don't forget if you want to help improve the audio equipment... or get the guys more drunk, you can also donate at Patreon, plus you get extra podcast episodes! Lastly, don't forget to subscribe so you get the latest Diplomacy Games episodes straight to your phone. Thanks as always to Dr Dan aka "The General" for his rockin' intro tune.

"Walk softly and carry a big stick" - A man physically incapable of walking softly.

Yacht crew, Pete Clapp and Nikki Payne, are in lockdown, looking after a Gunboat 66 catamaran that they run for a private owner. The owner is locked down in Australia and the Gunboat is in New Zealand. The pair of intrepid charmers are doing their best to stay sane whilst chillaxing and maintaining their beautiful floating home. Things are looking good in Australasia at the moment as the absolute luck of being the last part of the world to be stricken with the Corona virus meant that the authorities in both countries were able to watch what worked elsewhere and apply it to their own situations. Soon they may create a new South Pacific Bubble of the two countries and perhaps a couple of Pacific Island groups into a free-travel zone that would exclude citizens of Outside the Bubble--though I'm sure a few billionaires are revving their Gulfstreams in the hope of getting to their hideaways in Kiwiland before the rest of the world devolves into snarling dystopian devilry. But we'll find out soon.....

A civil war cracked off in the New World that would last four years and rip the Republic asunder. For more than 1400 days, brother fought brother, father killed son, friend cut down friend. Not for a minute did the suffering stop, whether for the soldiers or the noncombatants. Disease, privation, hunger, petty violence, rape, and pillage roamed the land from the swamps of S.C. to the P.A. forests. From the Mississippi to the Mountains of Appalachia, 10k and more battles were fought of every size, from glorified bar brawls to clashes of cataclysmic scale. By its end, over a million lives had been snuffed out and millions more ruined. The butcher's bill on both sides included lowly privates and brilliant generals, statesmen and lawmakers, farmers, women, shopkeepers, teachers, children, slaves, a president, and everyone in between. "In every battle, there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins." - Grant's statement is not just a bit of battlefield wisdom. He could just as readily have been describing North and South in the lead up to the American Civil War. Or throughout the War itself. Or any of the thousands of battles that took place during the War. Lincoln, self admittedly no military man, understood the dogged nature needed to win the drag em out drop em down type contest that this War was going to become. "Our success or failure at Donelson is vastly important and I beg you to put your soul in the effort" he wrote to his Western commander. Finding the type of man that would attack even after he thought he'd already lost proved difficult, but not impossible. It was on the rivers of the Western theater that the War would shift for good. Where the man and the mind Lincoln and the Union most needed would mature into a singular force. Let's go back to February 1862, to the winding calm of the Cumberland River. New bizarrely beetle-like and inky black but deadly ironclad beasts are chugging upstream to pound two forts into submission. One will fall quickly, and with little fight, the other will take days and see savage combat. Where a determined Brig General is preparing to show his family, his country, and himself that he's no failure, he can, in fact, succeed, maybe even excel. Where a group of cold but confident confederate soldiers is readying to defend their new country no matter the cost. Let's go back to the battle of Fort Donelson. Listen on Spotify iTunes  Sources - Grant by Ron Chernow and The Civil War: A Narrative. Vol 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville  by Shelby Foote and The American Civil War: A Military History by John KeeganMusic:Battle Hymn of the Republic by The U.S. Army BandWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home by Air Force Band of LibertyAmericana - Aspiring by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200092Artist: http://incompetech.com/Art - Melhak @ Fiverr

Unconditional Surrender - Col. Heath at Fort Donelson "Sleep poorly, you bastards..." grumbled Col. John Heath as he watched the Union officers trudge back down a snow-covered corpse-strewn palisade. The emissaries had, under a flag of truce, brought a message for whoever was in command of Fort Donelson. It was most likely an agreement to negotiate a surrender of the Fort. Yesterday's fight had started so well that, for a moment, Col. Heath thought they might just make it, they might just win even. But the South seemed to get a lot of tough breaks in the last 24 hours, mused the Colonel as he folded his arms against the chilly early morning air. There was no point in delaying the inevitable. He watched for a moment longer as the soon to be victors grew smaller, threw his cigar stub aside and began to head back. The HQ was in the ugly, long, and squat Dover Hotel right on the riverbank. Col. Heath wasn't sure who was in charge of the garrison anymore, but he knew whoever it was they'd be there.The gunboats the Yanks had brought down from Fort Henry proved more bark than bite. Col. Heath had heard from the men at that fight that these new technological monsters were impervious to artillery fire. The frightened faces from Fort Henry whispered about how that place had been pounded by shot so continuous that she fell in under two hours. Col Heath surmised there was likely more to it than just a couple of gunboats, but when the very same ironclads steamed into view, he had to admit they struck a fearsome figure. Of course, Fort Donelson was no pushover, and he knew it. More a ring of earthworks and heavy artillery, Donelson used the land to perfection. A warren of trenches, crisscrossed by streams and gully's, the landward side of Donelson was designed to play murder on anyone brave (or dumb) enough to attack. And the riverside of the fort wasn't much easier on the attacker.Listen on Spotify  iTunes  This week’s sources - Grant by Ron Chernow and The Civil War: A Narrative. Vol 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville by Shelby Foote and The American Civil War: A Military History by John KeeganMusic -Art - Bror Thure de Thulstrup

The Vasa was a massive 64 gun 200 foot long ship in the 1600s. The massively expensive project was supposed to propel Sweden into the future of their military might, but instead it found the bottom of the sea on its maiden voyage. For 333 years it rested until it was salvaged and set up in a museum. || More Human Echoes stuff: http://humanechoes.com || Become a member for BONUS PODCASTS on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HumanEchoes   Watch our Gaming Content: https://www.youtube.com/HumanEchoesGaming    Bad Ideas Podcast on iTunes: http://apple.co/2yrDfyx   Buy some T-shirts: http://bit.ly/1NetNNP   Join our Community Discord: https://discord.gg/vyMvJx7    Listen to Bad Ideas: https://youtu.be/BadIdeas Watch Dwarf Fortress: https://youtu.be/4shyDUgoc6c   Streaming Weekly-       Twitch: https://Twitch.tv/manicpixidrmgirl       Mixer: https://Mixer.com/HumanEchoes   You can also follow the Human Echoes Peeps on Twitter! @HumanEchoes @tsouthcotte @albert_berg @josephdevon @ManicPix

Episode Notes Watch the game on Twitch!https://twitch.tv/decision_ or the highlights on YouTube!https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHd8aV8-hVwWafem1tiXClwSupport Diplomacy Podcast by donating to their Tip Jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/diplomacy-podcast

Given recent events in the Persian Gulf, it’s not hard to imagine that the United State government is on a collision course with the Iranian government. Who is pushing the hardest for military action? Is a war between the U.S. and Iran a near certainty? Author and correspondent Gareth Porter joins us to help sort the fact from fiction and to explain the possible reasons that we are being steered toward more military action in the Middle East.

Kelvan, Blair, Starslinger72, Will "Barnickle" Barnickel, and SableGrypon go over the Coruscant Tournament, the Hyperspace Tournament Format, The Imperial Faction, and the Winner of our Gunboat contest. We also are still unsure if Blair lived...Show Notes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f2X5qfD_6zv9u_X0uin-dvKF1AaCcAPAlq2JM1PQOWA/edit?usp=sharingOur new contest is your best 2nd Edition Extended list containing 2 HWK-290s, Scum or Rebel. Send them to scumandvillainypodcast@gmail.com.Send your feedback to backtodials@gmail.com As always thanks to our producers. Seth DunlapTim LeBeauMovie Defenders PodcastDamon McGuireJames EichingerEthan WardMichael DoMark "Dad" L TippettJonas MalapasMike CarpenterSteve HarveyMatthew MavroidesMatt FossChristopher GeorgeOrpheus Brian LindamoodHasan KhanMatt "The Mighty" NuteLoganCampaigned Guido KesselsMatt SiebertGregory NussbaumBaroness Hannah Penguin As always thank you to anyone who listens to us. Good Hunting,Kelvan Tiberius

Kelvan, Will, and Scruffy bring on Stephen "Raithos" Kim the developer of Yet Another Squad Builder 2.0. We cover the 2nd Edition Release. We get a good interview out of Raithos. We continue our faction coverage with Scum. Finally we announce our Jumpmaster contest winner.1: Intro and Xwing Release15: Full on Raithos Interview41: Not a List Juggler 2nd Edition Announcment43: Scum Breakdown1:43: Contest Winner(https://raithos.github.io/?f=Scum%20and%20Villainy&d=v4!s!115:131,-1,-1,92,-1,159:-1:-1:U.6;89:133,-1,39,-1,86,-1,165,152:-1:-1:;94:-1,-1,165:-1:-1:&sn=Free%20Jumps&obs=)Next contest will be your best Gunboat (instantrapairhorn.com) list. Send it to scumandvillainypodcast@gmail.com Show Notes:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WFPYBXGgwZqjKxgQjmN8vZiXYj_mYefywqPGZq_9TkY/edit?usp=sharing As always thanks to our producers. Seth DunlapTim LeBeauMovie Defenders PodcastDamon McGuireJames EichingerEthan WardMichael DoMark "Dad" L TippettJonas MalapasMike CarpenterSteve HarveyMatthew MavroidesMatt FossChristopher GeorgeOrpheus Brian LindamoodHasan KhanMatt "The Mighty" NuteLoganCampaigned Guido KesselsMatt SiebertGregory NussbaumBaroness Hannah Penguin As always thank you to anyone who listens to us. Good Hunting,Kelvan Tiberius  

En este episodio de cierre de temporada, hacemos un sorteo extra, con 4 premios, para los patrones que nos han acompañado durante toda la temporada, cortesía de Yedharo Models y Anyma Distribuciones, repasamos algunas de las novedades de la quincena, pasando por 2000 A.D. Strontium Dog, Claustrophobia de Monolith, la actualización de la línea scifi de Plastcraft Games a ColorED, las novedades de Games-Work, Public Works de Euphoria, etc... El docktor analiza el reglamento Gunboat y repasamos levemente lo que esta temporada ha dado de sí. Nos vemos en julio! ;)

En este episodio de cierre de temporada, hacemos un sorteo extra, con 4 premios, para los patrones que nos han acompañado durante toda la temporada, cortesía de Yedharo Models y Anyma Distribuciones, repasamos algunas de las novedades de la quincena, pasando por 2000 A.D. Strontium Dog, Claustrophobia de Monolith, la actualización de la línea scifi de Plastcraft Games a ColorED, las novedades de Games-Work, Public Works de Euphoria, etc... El docktor analiza el reglamento Gunboat y repasamos levemente lo que esta temporada ha dado de sí. Nos vemos en julio! ;)

En este episodio de cierre de temporada, hacemos un sorteo extra, con 4 premios, para los patrones que nos han acompañado durante toda la temporada, cortesía de Yedharo Models y Anyma Distribuciones, repasamos algunas de las novedades de la quincena, pasando por 2000 A.D. Strontium Dog, Claustrophobia de Monolith, la actualización de la línea scifi de Plastcraft Games a ColorED, las novedades de Games-Work, Public Works de Euphoria, etc... El docktor analiza el reglamento Gunboat y repasamos levemente lo que esta temporada ha dado de sí. Nos vemos en julio! ;)

Based in Jacksonville, Florida, The Gunboat Diplomats are known for their melodic music that's rich in harmonies and rocks with a distinctive vintage vibe. Along with some lively chit chat about bourbon, history and movies, “Gunboat Smith” talks about their latest album Fine State Of Affairs, and the new singles from their upcoming album, Manifest Destiny. www.GunboatDiplomats.com

Video 66 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the the ship model.

Thule Squadron Radio is an X-Wing miniatures Podcast broadcasting from Reykjavik, Iceland   Episode 6.1. Egill and Gísli have a guest on the show, Stefán. Stefán is a X-Wing veteran and a Gunboat nutcase who has just started playing again after a little burnout. We go over why burnouts happen, talk alot about the gunboat and go over the latest regionals in the world. That and more!   Email us at Thulesquadronradio@gmail.com if you have anything you want us to talk about. Also follow us on facebook under Thule Squadron Radio

We get weird this episode and play another round of FMK, with a little twist. It's also that time again when we lovingly give each other the most putrid, disgusting, waste of time, excuse of a video game to play for the week.

Telepath politics. Gunboat diplomacy. Newlywed apartment living. Doesn’t sound like much. SPOILER ALERT: We absofragginlutely loved this episode.

In this episode Gene "Darth Salty" Hogle, Will "The Squad Father" Eldridge, AC Handstedt and Derek "Darth" Drohan talk about the new FAQ and what it means.  They also preview the M12-L Kimokila and the Gunboat.  Of course there is the final Salvo's Gene - Tournament formats used in major events Will - Don't be a chicken little Derek - CQ won a game?! and Defenders are back AC - Do your homework and Study. 

This week, Matt Rutherford looks back at the abandonment of the Gunboat 55 catamaran, Rainmaker, which was dismasted 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras while en route to the Caribbean island of St. Maarten. He also talks about how he and girlfriend Nicole found an abandoned Swan 48 mid-Atlantic and attempted to tow it back to land. Also this week, the continuing adventures of Matt, Bruno and Yanni in Africa. This time around, Yanni is sent to the hospital to have the parasitic worm cut out of his foot before continuing his epic bicycle ride from Berlin to Cape Town. Matt kicks Bruno ashore, checks out the German women shopping for lovers on the beaches of Gambia, risks drinking gallons of local tap water then fills the boat with noodles and crosses the Atlantic. On the way, he supplements his diet by catching Mahi Mahi and drying thin fillets rubbed in cayenne pepper all around his boat. To find out more about Matt Rutherford’s environmental work for NASA and The Smithsonian, visit: http://oceanresearchproject.org/ If you want Matt to find you the perfect blue water boat, drop him a line via matt@dwymd.net or call him on his cell phone +1-443-254-3909 Follow Boat Radio on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boatradiointernational/ Boat Radio is bought to you by Boon Ridge – the home of adventure. If you’re looking for awesome gear to get you off the beaten track, the Boon Ridge online store will be opening soon: https://boonridge.com/

After a long long Tatooine sized drought of X-Wing news, FFG finally blessed us with the greatest gift of all...something to talk about!  This week the Mynocks discuss the GUNBOAT (airhorns).  However, more importantly, Dallas has an EVEN BETTER update for us! [00:00:00] Intros [00:02:30] THE BIGGEST NEWS BOMB DROP EVER [00:11:00] Gunboat Article [01:18:00] Scum Y-Wing Retrospective [01:25:00] Closing Thoughts Fly Better! Check out our Patreon: Patreon.com/MynockPodcast

By April 13, 1944, the USS Tang had already sunk 10 Japanese merchant ships. But on that day, they were about to run into a far more formidable opponent: a Japanese destroyer. The latest in science, culture, and history from Smithsonian Channel.

We invite winner Rudolph Joubert and runner Up James Pelser to discuss their experience. We then discuss all the new toys in Guns for Hire and Wave 12. Emperor Hotsauce cant shut up about the gunboat. GUNBOAT! Thanks to Goblins from Mars for their amazing intro and outro track Find them on Youtube and Soundcloud

In this episode the guys discuss late news, introduce the new Diplomacy Dilemmas segment, review the Japanese medieval variant Sengoku and do bad Russian pronunciations while examining Diplomail, the Russian Diplomacy site. Late news and game updates Flame has flagged he's putting together a variant Lab. Amby mentions how Captain Meme and A_Tin_Can don't seem to be making a Lab anymore, which is ok if Flame is doing so. Kaner points out Flame is one of the admins at http://server.Diplomail.ru - the Russian Diplomacy site (2 mins 50 secs) The guys talk about what variants they'd start working on if the Lab was up and running again. Amby says he'd do his planned Cold War 1 vs 1 game on the WWIV map, although if the Lab allowed non-standard coding he'd be keen to do his Nuclear Diplomacy variant. Kaner says he'd like to work on David E. Cohen's Southeast Asia variant or "Fuck You Stalemate Lines" - a variant using a standard Classic map, but each territory would be divided into "sea lanes" rules ie 5 territories in each territory NE, SE, SW and NW and a central overseer zone where the SC would be located if there was an SC in that territory (5 mins 30 secs) Amby reflects on the PlayDip forum and variant banks on what maps don't get enough love and need to be brought to the online environment (10 mins 20 secs) The guys then start talking about their Rinascimento game "Pasta, Pizza and Popes" and reflect on Kaner being eliminated first. Kaner asks Amby (who started in the box seat as Venice) about how he's found the game, especially in the centre of the board (12 mins) After the occasional tangent on alcohol, cars and holidays the guys start talking sport and discuss the women's Australian Football League, before discussing how you could create a sports based Diplomacy variant - skip over this bit if you don't care about the types of football in Australia (16 mins) Kaner gets back to Genova's approach in the Rinascimento game before Amby discusses how alliances keep changing in the centre of the map. Kaner cheers on Decima's efforts while Amby lifts the cover on PMs from our resident Italian player (20 mins) New segment: Diplomacy Dilemmas In this new segment the guys asked players for particular problems they're having in their games and attempt to give sage advice (26 mins) Our first Diplomacy Dilemma comes from Dr Recommended who asks "How do you deal with a player like Amby?" Kaner gives his sage advice based on his experience playing against Amby. While Amby reflects on Kaner's suggestions (26 mins 45 secs) Amby in return asks how do you deal with a player like Dr Recommended (34 mins 30 secs) The guys talk about how game ending has increasingly been solo focused rather than two or three way alliance draws (36 mins) Kaner and Amby talk about how your relationships with players tends to ebb and flow over time in games (40 mins) Ezio is up next in Diplomacy Dilemmas with a question on how can you can tell that a player is about to stab you, and how you can avoid making telltale signs if you're planning in stabbing. Mikey99 responded in the forum about his thoughts. Kaner starts with his take re: builds and how he used a similar strategy in his recent African game  and relates it to Mikey's advice (44 mins 30 secs) The last bit of Mikey's advice is when a player has been chatty and then goes silent on you. Amby brings up the scientific evidence of this - a 2015 study in Science News by researcher Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil looking at the way people communicated across 249 games and 145,000 messages between players. When there was a time to stab there was a shift in politeness. Players who were excessively polite were more likely to betray. People suddenly becoming polite were more likely to be victims of betrayal  (49 mins) Also increased planning language with the soon to be victim also tended to lead to pending betrayal (52 mins) Amby brings up another Diplomacy Dilemma from Donald45 who's playing an American Conflict game and trying to work out how to deal with his current situation (53 mins) And our last Dip Dilemma from Leif about a problem he keeps having in Gunboat games fighting two front wars and never accepting overtures towards peace. The guys discuss whether timing is the key to Leif's dilemma (55 mins) The guys talk about how timing, and how performing well at the start, tends to also lead to players ganging up on you (59 mins 30 secs) After yet another drink Amby discusses whether he should join a 1066 gunboat game or not, and chooses to do so (1 hour 8 mins) Sengoku - the Japanese variant Kaner explains he's in a 8 x 8 Sengoku tournament at the moment (1 hour 9 mins 30 secs) Kaner talks about the board layout, where each player represents a Samurai and battle it out across Japan. There can only be one victor (the shogun) - so no drawing is allowed (1 hour 11 mins 30 secs) Amby asks about player biases against a map based on how they're previously played (1 hour 14 mins) Sea territories play a big role in this game based on the guys'experience (1 hour 15 mins 15 secs) Kaner laments that when he plays in the centre of the board he generally doesn't do well (1 hour 16 mins 15 secs) The guys talk about the latest Kamasutra position that's become all the rage in Diplomacy (1 hour 17 mins 30 secs) Kaner gets shitty about Amby winning Sengoku in his recent game as a central player (1 hour 18 mins 30 secs) More Dip chit-chat The guys discuss how they're looking forward to new variants. Amby mentions he's in a First Crusade game at the moment and may talk more about it in the next podcast (1 hour 20 mins 15 secs) Kaner gives Amby a history lesson about the Childen's Crusades, and goes on to talk about the show Drunk History (1 hour 23 mins 30 secs) The guys give a belated shout out to Benjamin Hester for creating Sengoku, and Oli for porting it across online (1 hour 27 mins) Lastly the guys talk about the Russian diplomacy site Diplomail.ru. Amby tries his bad Russian (after many drinks please forgive him for bad prounciations and translations). Amby asks Flame to critique him (1 hour 27 mins 30 secs) Kaner goes onto show Amby how they've ported across almost all the variants at vDiplomacy to Diplomail (1 hour 30 mins 30 secs) Venue: Victory Hotel, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner - Bright Ale by Little Creatures Brewery from Victoria, Australia Amby - Parson's Nose shiraz from McLaren Vale, South Australia Don't forget if you're enjoying the podcast please hop onto iTunes and give us a rating and a review so we can get the Diplomacy message out. If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see covered in an upcoming podcast, or something you'd like to see regularly covered, please contact us or leave your thoughts in the comments below. Thanks to Dan Philip for his rockin' intro to the Diplomacy Games podcast.

Video 58 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is about the USS Panay Incident.

In this episode the guys discuss the cross-site Online Diplomacy Championship happening over at PlayDiplomacy and interview the tournament director Carebear.  Fast news First up a quick update on the 1 vs 1 WebDiplomacy tournament and the shock news of Devonian and a number of other great players losing their games (2 mins 20 secs) It looks like the face-to-face DiplomacyCast podcast website is off the air again. Amby has emailed one of its co-hosts twice to find out what's happening but hasn't had a reply (5 mins 40 secs) Amby and Kaner explain how they're getting busy in real life and will be changing their recording schedule. Basically they'll catch up a little less often and record two episodes at once - which is what they start doing from today (7 mins 15 secs) Carebear interview Special note: Carebear asked if we could mask his voice a little, so we did our best... Amby explains he had some recording problems with his questions, so he's tried to amplify his voice to make it clearer for listeners (8 mins 30 secs) The guys set the scenes for the interview and the Online Diplomacy Championship which includes players from PlayDiplomacy, webDiplomacy, vDiplomacy, Stabbeurfou, BackStabbr and face-to-face players (10 mins) Carebear discusses how he got started in Diplomacy 30 years ago and tracked down the first Diplomacy instances online (11 mins) Amby asks why Carebear ended up ultimately at PlayDiplomacy and why he likes it (13 mins 45 secs) A brief discussion about the how the PlayDip forum is very different to other Dip forums (15 mins 15 secs) Carebear gives an overview about the Online Diplomacy Championship originally created by ghug and why the second championship is being held at PlayDiplomacy (16 mins 20 secs) Invited players from other sites are getting access to PlayDip's tournament interface during the competition without having to purchase a premium membership (18 mins) Players not from PlayDip are invited provided they have high rankings and reliability on their respective sites. To reduce the chance of players from PlayDip from NMRing/CDing, only the  top 150 players from there are being considered (22 mins) Kaner clarifies what the PlayDip vernacular "surrendering" means (24 mins 30 secs) Kaner asks about how the various Dip sites factor in reliability (25 mins) Cut off deadline for Round 1 at the ODC is 15 February 2017. There'll be additional deadlines for the second and third rounds, with some solid reliable players able to join later, although it'll be harder to reach the top board (26 mins) Amby asks about the tournament system being used to manage the championship. Carebear explains how preliminary round scores are aggregated so the top seven scoring players make the top board for the fourth round. There may be two other boards running for players who don't quite make the top board (27 mins) Kaner double checks its being played on the standard Classic board. Carebear confirms, although its called Pure Diplomacy at PlayDiplomacy and will be played by standard rules (29 mins) In discussing PlayDip, Carebear mentions the interface isn't brilliant on mobile devices, but changes are currently being worked on to improve the experience. The interface at PlayDip also allows you to put in illegal orders eg army Munich move to Sevastopol, which is changed by the system adjudicator as a hold  (29 mins 45 secs) In PlayDip there are many more options for how you can post messages which allows you to send a single message to multiple players in the group you choose (32 mins) Amby asks about whether invited non-PlayDip players can try the interface before the game. Carebear clears things up saying there is a free membership at PlayDip but there are limitations of a maximum of 3 games and only on the Pure Diplomacy board. For those wanting to access the features above that you'd need to pay to be a premium member (34 mins) Carebear discusses the Guest Guide for non-PlayDip players about PlayDip, and recommends jumping into an unranked game where a player has gone into civil disorder (36 mins 15 secs) Amby gives a thumbs up to the look and feel of the Pure Diplomacy map at PlayDip before asking about if there is any prize for the winner beyond the kudos. Carebear says he's planning on having certificates and is open to ideas on what else could be added in. Zoltar at webDip is giving 500 points to whoever wins the tournament (37 mins) Kaner asks Carebear about what some of the variant options in PlayDip do eg Stuff Happens and Escalation (39 mins 20 secs) As Carebear hasn't used a lot of the PlayDip variant features, Amby asks if the guys can be hooked up with another PlayDip player with a variant interest (42 mins 20 secs) Carebear says he can organise that, and gives an overview of how Forum games work including how some forum variant games were successfully ported across to the main part of the site eg Versailles (43 mins) Carebear explains why he prefers standard Pure Diplomacy and his thoughts on Gunboat games (46 mins 30 secs) Kaner asks if Carebear has any picks or players to watch out for in the ODC (48 mins) Carebear explains the ODC needs a few more vDip players (53 mins) Carebear outlines how Edi Bersen will be playing and how he's trying to get the current World Diplomacy Champion involved (54 mins) Carebear gives his views on the differences between face-to-face and online players perspectives on each other's respective channel (55 mins) Kaner reflects on the interconnectedness between the various Dip sites and face-to-players (1 hour 1 min) Post interview Amby explains how he didn't know PlayDiplomacy allowed for free games and had incorrectly assumed everything was pay based (1 hr 2 mins 45 secs) Kaner likes the ability to input illegal orders as a means of communicating in a Gunboat game (1 hr 3 mins 20 sec) The guys agree that Carebear's girlfriend that took him to his very first Diplomacy game should be considered the best girlfriend in the world  (1 hr 3 mins 50 sec) They go onto disagree with each other about PlayDip's forums - with Amby loving it and Kaner hating it (1 hr 5 mins) The guys had a heap more PlayDip questions about how the platform operates, but as it wasn't Carebear's forte we've held them over for a PlayDip second part at some stage in the not too distant future (1 hr 6 mins 20 secs) Game updates First up it's Bourse time with Amby saying he's started going backwards in the bourse part of the game and continues to go poorly on the board. That said he outlines his own goal for the game (1 hr 7 mins 40 secs) Kaner grills Amby on missing the big Khazaria currency speculation (1 hr 9 mins 20 secs) Amby asks Kaner about the suggestion in the vDip forum about a World War IV Bourse game (1 hr 11 mins) The guys discuss Captainmeme's suggestion of changing the scoring system in the next Bourse game so victory conditions are determined by both how a player performs in the Bourse and the board (1 hr 13 mins) Amby outlines how he appreciates Captainmeme's outline of the concepts of Money Farms and VP Farms (1 hr 15 mins 10 secs) Amby asks what Kaner's thoughts are on CD's - with 35 players there's a much higher chance of someone failing to enter orders - and time game time limits (1 hr 18 mins 45 secs) Venue: Victory Hotel, Brisbane Drinks of choice: Kaner - Bright Ale by Little Creatures Brewery from Victoria, Australia (although Kaner calls it a "Pure Blonde") Amby - Annie's Lane cabernet merlot from the Clare Valley, South Australia Don't forget if you're enjoying the podcast please hop onto iTunes and give us a rating and a review so we can get the Diplomacy message out. If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see covered in an upcoming podcast, or something you'd like to see regularly covered, please contact us or leave your thoughts in the comments below. Thanks to Dan Philip for his rockin' intro to the Diplomacy Games podcast.

To evade a Japanese destroyer, the USS Tang goes into a sudden dive in shallow waters. As the depth charges explode around them, the crew know full well their chances of survival are slim. The latest in science, culture, and history from Smithsonian Channel.

    In this episode, we feature our trip to the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD.  We have some more adventure sailing news and our products of the week will help you keep your boat fresh and mold free. Intro Chat We are back after an extended break from doing the podcast.  We have been very busy with work, travel and a couple big life events. After we got back from the Annapolis show, we decided to fit in a week long sailing trip in the Florida Keys before year end.  We had a blast and we will feature that trip on a future show. I was able to fix our broken throttle cable on our MacGregor 26M with a  50hp Honda engine.  It was not too difficult, the trickiest part was getting the throttle control out and back in the pedestal as it was a very tight fit.   Here is the cable I bought that has a 4" minimum bend radius to help avoid the wear that happened to the old cable from raising the engine all the way up.  I bought a 12ft cable, but it ended up being a little long and I think 11ft would have worked a little better. We also decided recently to buy a new house!  We found a place with a half acre lot so that we can keep our boat at the house instead of a local storage lot.  We will move in late December. Steve also decided he was not busy enough so he started to build his first boat.  It will hopefully be a Storer Quick Canoe that he hopes to turn into a sailing canoe and possibly a sailing trimaran. Check out these great sailing documentaries we watched recently, both are free to watch.  The first is Chasing Bubbles about a young sailor Alex Rust and his circumnavigation.  If you watch it, please give some support to his charity, it is great karma to support something that gives you enjoyment for free.  The second documentary is about App Applegate and his building of an 80 foot sailboat in the mountains of the Pacific Northwest. The password is on the screen, FreeRoam.  Both are great. We imagine that most sailors in the northern climates have put their boats in storage for the winter so we will do our best to get you through the winter with some interesting sailing and cruising interviews and podcasts. Our Trip to the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis We attended the US Sailboat Show in Annapolis October 6th-10th, 2016.  It is a great show with a very large selection of boats and vendors. We nearly cancelled the trip due to Hurricane Matthew targeting Florida as we were nervous about being away from the house during the storm.  It turned out that the storm stayed far enough off the Florida coast to avoid any damage in Orlando and the weather in Annapolis was great Thursday and Friday.  It rained all day Saturday and was overcast and windy on Sunday, but we still had a great trip. We got the chance to meet Paul and Sheryl Shard of the Distant Shores video series.   They are in the process of building a Discovery 48 that will have a lifting keel similar to their last boat a Southerly 49.   Keep their awesome sailing / cruising  videos in mind for Christmas gifts, they are great to watch and fuel your cruising dreams. We will eventually release a YouTube video on our visit to the Annapolis show, but for now we will share some links to the boats we thought were unique. Catalina 385 & 425 Pair of Jeanneau 54s different layouts, Jeanneau 58 new boat of 2017 dinghy dock under cockpit. Amel 55, awesome boat Gozzard 41, beautiful light blue hull, high quality woodwork, unique layout living room salon layout in vberth area. Southerly 57, made famous by distant shores, went out of business, but back in production. Lifting keel, 10ft9in down, 3ft6in up. Wauquiez 48 pilot saloon. Brandy did not like this one, strange layout and orange leather seats.  Very modern look and feel, would fit in well in Miami Beach Solaris 50 – James Bond grey, sleek low deck. Allures 45 and Garcia Exploration 45 – Jimmy Cornell owns a Garcia 45, aluminum, lifting keel, super tough boat. Dragonfly trimarans – 32 and 28ft. Similar to our boat but as a multi-hull and much faster! Probably sails faster than we can motor. Outbound 46 – ultimate monohull cruising boat, very high quality. Halberg-Rassey 372 and 40 MK II great cruising boats very comfortable. Passport 470 – Brandys favorite monohull for our needs. Center cockpit. Gunfleet 58 – fancy cruising, lifting keel, draft 12ft down, 6ft up Want a smaller boat but still have lots of money to spend – Alerion 33 express, beautiful boat, about as much room as our Macgregor 25 had below. Beautiful day sailer. Ventura 23 sport boat concept – similar to our Macgregor 26 Rhodes 22 – well built trailer sailor, but like the comfort of our boat better.   The Fleet Reserve Club became the official meeting spot for The Sailing Rode. Great patio upstairs with a view of the whole show. Run by retired military volunteers, usually just open to military, but open to public during the show. Got to know Pat, Charlie and the rest of the guys well through out the show. Met up with listeners each day at the show. Some just starting to sail who we could offer advice and some that have a lot of sailing experience who gave us great advice. The Chesapeake Light Craft teardrop camper was really cool.  Check out all their boat kits.     Andy Schell's swan 48, 59 north offshore adventures, On the Wind podcast. Great position at front of Ego alley, they barely fit boat due to the 8ft draft. Outremer 51 catamaran – The is same brand that Sailing la Vagabonde will be getting in 2017, great boat, fast and comfortable cruiser,  we think Riley and Elayna will be very happy with their new boat. Bali catamarans – garage door / open floorplan Gunboat 57 – simply awesome, very modern but still comfortable Get together with other sailing podcasters and youtubers, Jeffrey Wetting – Shooting the Breeze podcast, Teddy J from Sail Loot podcast, Kamau from iandiboats YouTube, and Vince from Sailing Nervous YouTube.  We coined it The first Sailing Multimedia Creators summit, or something like that. It was great to meet everyone.  Check out their content and give them some support. Vendors – great selection, we bought some Kent / Onxy PFDs, with integrated harnesses. Around $100 & new Maui Jim sunglasses for Brandy and Costa sunglasses for Steve. Brandy also bought a beautiful compass rose necklace from Maggie Lee Designs.  Maggie has a lot of nautical jewelry that would make great Christmas gifts.   Caught up with Greg Kutson, owner of Mantus Anchors, we gushed about how much we love our Mantus anchor that we bought last December. Greg showed us his newest products a portable scuba system and a waterproof rechargeable head light. We got to meet the US Olympic sailing team medalists!   We also had some great food while were were in the Annapolis / Baltimore area.  Check these places out if you are nearby  - Willys Kitchen near Baltimore airport had the best breakfast we have ever had! VIN909 Wine Cafe has great local sourced ingredients and is just over the bridge from the show. The Iron Rooster just outside the show entrance had great homey cooking with interesting recipes.  Davis' Pub great socializing with other sailors and good food too – all these places are amazing. We also enjoyed a few painkillers at Pussers, very tasty. We had late flight home on Sunday so we decided to take a sail on the Schooner Woodwind that morning,  We signed up Saturday afternoon and was told it would be Sporty on Sunday.  It was overcast and 15-20kn winds, I took a turn at the wheel, and we had a great sail!  Captain Jen and her crew were fun and did a great job.     Sailing / Cruising News Sailor, 74, sets sights on being oldest to sail solo non-stop around world WA yachting legend Jon Sanders sets sail on final circumnavigation of globe Matt Kent plans to set world record for smallest boat to cross the Atlantic Ocean Lindsey Lohan lost part of finger in boating accident Products of the Week Kanberra Odor and Mold prevention Gel Moso Natural Air Purifying Bag  We recently bought these two products to prevent mold, mildew and orders on our boat.  They were recommended by sailing friends and have great ratings on Amazon.   Amazon Store Please use our Amazon Affiliate links below for anything you buy on Amazon or look at over 90 items we have in our TSR Amazon store.  We use all the items on our boat and include notes of why we like them.  We also added over 40 sailing and cruising books we recommend.  You pay the same low Amazon price and we get a small commission. USA Amazon Store Canada Amazon Store UK Amazon Store France Amazon Store Germany Amazon Store Spain Amazon Store Italy Amazon Store Please help us Support Podcast We need your help to spread the word about the Podcast.  Please share the podcast with your sailing & cruising friends and ask them to subscribe on iTunes, stitcher, or Google Play Music.  You can send them these links: iPhone iTunes link Android Stitcher link Google Play Music link It also helps when you share the podcast links on social media and sailing forums. Please like or follow us on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram  We will follow you too! Remember to tag your Instagram sailing related pictures with #thesailingrode Send us your feedback on the show and any show topic ideas to Crew@TheSailingRode.com Patreon If you enjoy the podcast, you can support us on our Patreon site and get some special rewards. Check it out at this link: https://www.patreon.com/TheSailingRode How it works:  Patreon is designed for you to support your favorite content creators.  You can support our podcast creations by signing up for various levels of support.  You can set a maximum monthly amount so if we release a lot of podcasts in one month, you still only pay your maximum amount.  In return, you get some rewards for your support.  It is kind of like giving us a tip or buying us a drink after a good show. Thanks for listening and all your support!  We wish you fair winds and hope to see you on the water soon. –  Steve & Brandy The Sailing Rode / The Sailing Road

In this episode we check out the Fog of War variant of Classic, talk about the role of Mods and what to bring to their attention and conclude with new development server talk that may get variants up and running again for the Dip community!  Apologies up front on how the ambiance gets louder and louder as more people arrive in the pub! If this pisses you off too much a) go have a drink or two yourself or b) let us know to go somewhere quieter! How do Moderators (Mods) work? Both Kaner and Amby have been Mods in the past for vDip, they discuss their prior experience and how it varies between vDip and webDip:vDiplomacy - link is in the top right. You can only see posts you have raised with the ModsIt's the place to bring up concerns about multi-accounting with fake accounts or suspected meta-gaming. Amby discusses how he suspected this occurred in a game and how he raised this with the ModsKaner discusses contacting the Mods where there are technical problems, where a player feels another player has crossed the line with their languageThe guys also digress blocking players, and why you'd do this - if they were obnoxious, or a player seems to CD too often, doesn't communicate well. You can block players by going into their profile page and clicking the smiley face, turning it into an unhappy face (the same functionality doesn't exist in webDip, only vDip)webDiplomacy - you contact the Mods differently.  Go to Help and then email the mods. With a larger number of members on webDip, the moderators there tend to respond fasterKaner talks about how webDip is starting to add new variants before Amby shoots him down. webDiplomacy focuses far more on Classic games with around 80-90% of all games played on the server being the standard classic game.Variant focus - Fog of War We then turn our attention to the Fog of War variant on vDiplomacy:In this variant you can only see the territories immediately adjacent to your supply centres and your units. The show notes include an animated GIF showing how things would look as a game evolves as TurkeyAs you can't see where all the other players are, and what they're doing (only the ones immediately around you) it presents a significant challenge.This can be complicated further with a Gunboat game (no-press). Kaner talks about the subtle ways you can still send out subtle messages about working together and highlights the importance of checking the large map rather the standard small map. The supports don't render 100% correctly on the small map, but they do on the large map.The guys also talk about how in standard press games how you can lie and manipulate players with information - right or wrong - about areas of the map others can't see.Kaner talks about two recent Fog-of-War games he's recently played in - Cold Blooded Fog and Pompey . Kaner talks about how his loss as Germany was more a result of absolutely terrible game play rather than the map's fog-of-war element. But as Russia he had greater success getting a draw despite challenges of:subtle overtures to Germany being ignored (no checking of the large map again!)"partnering" with Turkey by sacrificing his southern front... whilst Turkey ignored this and kept eating him upefforts to make this message stronger by attacking Italy... only for Turkey to keep ignoring it!eventually getting French support with a Barents fleet support of St Petersburg to create a stalemate line, forcing Turkey to draw despite only being one supply centre short of a win - and Kaner only having 4 SC's himselfIn addition to playing Fog of War in classic, we talk about how it can also be played in the variants 1066 and Rat Wars (and why the technology behind coding Fog maps tends to limit the number of variants that use it)New development server talk Finally we talk about variant development and news from CaptainMeme (vDip mod and regular on webDip) that while the vDip Lab is pretty much dead, a new test server for development is being slowly created in the background. This is some really cool news that could see new variants created again that won't crash vDip. The guys talk about how this could impact on new variants, including suggestions on webDip on air support, Classic with neutral armies, Kaner's Mongolian variant and Amby's ideas on making a massive Cold War variant. In conclusion we tempt you again about having some of the main players from the webDiplomacy 2012 championship game being in episode 3. If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see covered in an upcoming podcast, or something you'd like to see regularly covered, please contact us or leave your thoughts in the comments below. Venue: The Gresham Hotel, Brisbane Drinks of choice:Kaner - Four Pines Stout from Four Pines Brewing, Australia (although Kaner did call it "Ten Pints" in the podcast)Amby - Massolino Barbera d'Alba from Piedmont, Italy and The Gresham Shiraz from Western AustraliaThanks to Dan Philip for his rockin' intro to the Diplomacy Games podcast.

In this month’s podcast we brings you interviews with winning skippers, owners and crew as they leave the stage having picked up their trophies at the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, the largest regatta in the Caribbean. Interviewees include Lloyd Thornburg, owner and co-skipper of the record breaking and record setting 70-foot trimaran Phaedoᶾ; Gerd-Jan Poortman of the Volvo 65 Team Brunel; America’s Cup sailor Peter Holmberg from Highland Fling; St. Maarten Melges 24 champion Frits Bus; Ross Appleby of Scarlet Oyster fame, the boat that almost sunk; the owner of the winning Gunboat, Elvis; and Tadzio Bervoets, staunch environmentalist and crew on the very successful local First 45F5 L’Esperance.

Video 10 in the series "A History of the Navy in 100 Objects" presented by the United States Naval Academy. This is discusses a turreted gunboat model designed by Commodore Preble.

Part 1 - Ronald Christopher, Chairman and Project Manager of the USS Arizona Civil War Gunboat Foundation.

Part 2 - Ronald Christopher, Chairman and Project Manager of the USS Arizona Civil War Gunboat Foundation.

Part 3 - Ronald Christopher, Chairman and Project Manager of the USS Arizona Civil War Gunboat Foundation.

Part 1 - Ronald Christopher, Chairman and Project Manager of the USS Arizona Civil War Gunboat Foundation.

Part 2 - Ronald Christopher, Chairman and Project Manager of the USS Arizona Civil War Gunboat Foundation.

Part 3 - Ronald Christopher, Chairman and Project Manager of the USS Arizona Civil War Gunboat Foundation.

Part 3 - Ronald Christopher, Chairman and Project Manager of the USS Arizona Civil War Gunboat Foundation.

Part 1 - Ronald Christopher, Chairman and Project Manager of the USS Arizona Civil War Gunboat Foundation.

Part 2 - Ronald Christopher, Chairman and Project Manager of the USS Arizona Civil War Gunboat Foundation.

Why did President Ford launch an attack on Cambodia? Arriving late to a news story allows you to ask the simple question.