Seagulls

[Indio no.9]

My character set of from kishikanatos a while back with the intent iof just sailing and sailing, hed didn't know where he was going or when he was going to get there.

I think you should have seaguls enter your boat when your near land so sailors like mine know there getting close to land.

[boomhaeur]

Indio - that's what the location map is for... you should see land long before people would see seagulls IRL...

Although I like the idea of seagulls - it'd be nice to have a bird to take a potshot at while going down the coast

[Indio no.9]

Yeh maybe there will be birds when planes are brought in, then you could catch your breakfast while your flying.

[Sho]

How? You'd need to be a really good shot with a bow and have some sort of net attachment on your plane to catch falling birds. You'd be more likely to get a bird in your propeller/jet engine and crash.

[Spectrus_Wolfus]

the sea birds bit is a good idea and no you wouldn't see land befiore you'd see birds as most times you sight seabirds long before you sight land and i've heard stories of sailor's using the direction seabirds fly in the evening as a way of finding land

[Indio no.9]

you dont have to be a great shot, I go shooting all the time and am petty succesful while I wouldnt call myself a great shot. But then you dont usualy see pheasents at plane altitude now do you

[Bowser]

Just hold a piece of popcorn out in the palm of your right hand and use your left hand to snatch that scavenger out of the air when he comes in to take your bait.

[Indio no.9]

or use a harpoon gun, that way you dont have to let go of the controls.

[The Hunter]

Indio - that's what the location map is for... you should see land long before people would see seagulls IRL...

Although I like the idea of seagulls - it'd be nice to have a bird to take a potshot at while going down the coast

Wrong.... You see seagulls (And pcs of driftwood, weed etc) long before you reach land IRL.

And the damn beasts are all over ships, whitening the decks, lazy basterds. It'd be easy to shoot them.

[Indio no.9]

No were talking about shooting a bird from a plane here know.

[boomhaeur]

"Wrong.... You see seagulls (And pcs of driftwood, weed etc) long before you reach land IRL."


Sorry - I was referring more to the location maps IG rather than IRL.... you can see land a good day or so's journey away.=

[Sho]

Sure, but from what I've read, one can see driftwood, seaweed and birds more than a day off on a sailing ship.

@Indio: Can you shoot a bird from a plane with the same accuracy that you have when shooting from the ground?

[Spectrus_Wolfus]

perhap's with the seamap the area you can see whould depend on the type of boat you have. the taller the mast ou can climb to look out from the more area you can see.many warship's hunting illegal cargoe's used to sit "under" the horizon with the top sail's hauled up so that they could see the other ship's without being seen themselves because of there different mast height's. maybe a similiar thing could be brought into cantr. or have a take a look optoin where you could climb a mast to get this better veiw but if the only perso on oard the boat stop's moving while your doing it ?

and as to shooting birds from planes that's going a bit off topic from having seagull's to help tell when your close to land

[Spectrus_Wolfus]

Sure, but from what I've read, one can see driftwood, seaweed and birds more than a day off on a sailing ship.

i think it was columbas that stopped his crew from going to mutiny because of floating drift wood that was seen from there ship's letting his sailor's know that land wasn't far off

[The Hunter]

Yep... Weeks before...