"If it had not been for you

English, I should have been Emperor of the East; but wherever there is

water to float a ship, we are sure to find you in our way."

 

- Napoleon Bonaparte, to Captain Maitland, onboard the HMS Bellerophon, July 15, 1815

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose from two different styles of ship logs!  Download zip files with samples of each:  log_classic.zip log_new.zip

E-mail: the_naval_register@twcny.rr.com

“The Naval Register: Support Software for Close Action”  is copyright Daniel M. Bostwick, 2006-2008.   “Twenty-first century support for eighteenth-century combat” is a trademark of Daniel M. Bostwick.

 

The subject material on which this program is based, the board game Close Action and its expansions, is protected by copyrights of Mark A. Campbell.  CLOSE ACTION and REBEL SEAS are trademarks of Mark A. Campbell.  All rights reserved; used with permission.  

The ship log forms printed from The Naval Register are fully customized for each ship.  There are two different styles of log form available, one modeled after the official logs published in Monsoon Seas, and another style new to The Naval Register.

 

Each log includes...

 

* Ship’s command level and number of words available for signaling, with flagships highlighted in orange.  New-style logs only.

 

* Movement Allowance charts are filled out.  Text will be light gray in scenarios with variable wind speed, and black in those with fixed wind speed.

 

* Victory Points per section, computed based on ship’s total VP.

 

* Initial Crew Quality Gunnery Modifier.

 

* BGN numbers automatically computed.

 

* Initial Sail State (if specified by scenario).

 

* Reserves will have their Move Plot area crossed out for the turns before they arrive.

 

* Crew Quality levels above the ship’s initial CQ are light gray.

 

* Uncertain Wear die roll computed (also used for Poor Maneuvering).

 

* Acceleration, deceleration, and turn mode chart tailored to this ship’s maneuver type

 

* Poor Maneuvering, Rudder Destroyed, and Wheel Shot Away check boxes set automatically.

 

* Notes from the scenario description.

 

The Naval Register: Support Software for Close Action

Twenty-first century support for eighteenth-century combat.

Sample

Ship Logs