Forget Pirates of the Caribbean 

Visually splendid, Well done!!

Fantastic! Really like what you are doing, and your enthusiasm is infectious.

Can't wait for minis and full rulebook.

Amazing! Best regards sShaunT. And I miss Salute eve.

Actually it only takes some butter to repel French pirates, as Michiel de Ruyter once did when he was still a captain of a trading vessel. He was met a pirate vessel from Dunkirk, realizing he could not outrun her he had the deck of his own vessel "lubricated" with butter and had his own crew take off their shoes. On their socks they could walk on the slippery deck, while the pirates could not do so on their shoes. So the boarding action was repelled. How did you make your whale bases? They look great.