I've become addicted to ships. Building, testing and sailing. I doubt I could
add anything to my blog that would add to what is already known about them and
how they work, but I've learned a few things that I could share:  
 
First, my current ship is a class 2 Sloop. I'm saving up for a Class 3
currently. Sail speed with 4 sailors (levels 3,3,4,4) was very slow. Movement
with cruise was about 1 room every 3-4 seconds. I've since added a second set
of Sailor Quarters and now have 6 basic sailors, all level 4. Movement speed
is much improved ... cruise moves about 1 room every 1 to 1.5 seconds. I'm
saving the rest of the slots for special sailors if I can ever find them.
 
I spent a few k to get some emerald discs and found out that they are really
only useful for combat. I wish I had known that before I spent the cash on
them. Perhaps they do have another use but I haven't figured it out yet. Along
similar lines, I explored Silver Lake and added a few features (water barrel,
food locker, water speed lever). And I've been enjoying that you can customize
your ship with room descs, items, and emotes. All very cool.
 
I look forward to learning more about the ships and trying to puzzle out some
of the shipquests. Ships might be one of Bat's biggest money sinks, but a
class 2 seems well worth it so far just for basic puttering about. I can't
wait to get up to class 3.

So, this is the Blogging tool. Interesting. I'll write something useful here
later.