Quote Originally Posted by Fisherking View Post
If the problems discussed so far are not enough for most of you to think this is a bit much then here is another thing for you to mull over.

As you know one port blocked at home cuts off trade. Well, one port in a theater cuts all good from that theater. So if Jamaica is blocked you stop getting furs from Rupert’s Land. Or if Cuba is blocked you loose the goods from all of the rest. India is the same.

It is much too easy to loose trade, especially when ship upkeep is too high to afford the ships you need to police anything. Once that happens you are toast anyway.
I fully agree.