So you know the French are going to try and surround you, what do you do?
Off cause! Try to place as many of your ships in the middle of their circle and give them all line of sight to enemy ships as possible. That way you will be able to bring far more guns to bare then if you try to evade and end up only using left or right side guns.
Bringing the most guns on a target is what 18th centry naval warfare is about. The more shots fired on target, the bigger damage you will deal, the better your chances of succes.
