Nautical Adventures

A record of my sad misuse of MSFS as a nautical simulator. Follow my journeys across the oceans of the virtual world

A Spark of Genius (or Madness…you choose)

March 12, 2020September 28, 2022 SeanG

Tonight while quietly sitting on the couch I had a great idea about using another PC in my ‘virtual ship’ setup… This second PC would be a surrogate

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From the Arctic to the Med’; Adventures of HMNZS Canterbury

March 10, 2020September 28, 2022 SeanG

After the recent PC re-shuffle, and the major ManCave redevelopment, Canterbury has been busy sailing the Northern seas. She has been as far North as North Cape, and

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F421 on an ‘Arctic Patrol’

February 25, 2020September 28, 2022 SeanG

Canterbury is on her way North into the Arctic Ocean.. After yet another PC Upgrade and shuffle-around F421 is now running on a nice new PC, and is

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F421 in Bridge Command

September 20, 2019September 20, 2019 SeanG

A little light reading tonight, and some fiddling around with models, and I now have Canterbury sailing around in Bridge Command. With a little messing around I should

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It’s an addiction!

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 SeanG

Since getting interested in Bridge Command, I have started messing with it…. it ships with a basic scenery of Santa Catalina Island, which looks ok, but really needed

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Great Ship Simulator

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 SeanG

During some googling around looking for some radar display images I stumbled on to the “Bridge Command” website, and found a neat ship sim. The biggest surprise was

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Changing the Guard

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 SeanG

In (yet another) PC shuffle, Canterbury has been returned to port, and has been replaced on patrol by Wellington. The reason for this is predominantly one of economics;