That's indeed the FAQ I meant. The direct link to it won't work, but just search for "new horizons", then choose the PC-version and click the link to the largest FAQ (304 KB).
For ship-to-ship combat: my advice would be to focus as much as possible on the opposing commander's ship (indicated by number 0). Once you sink it, the whole battle is over.
If you feel sure of yourself, use a fleet of 9 ships instead of 10. If you win, you get to fill up empty spaces in your fleet with captured enemy ships, provided you have enough mates for yet another one.
Either stack your ships with crew, so that you outnumber the enemy crew, or try to focus on attacking with cannon shots.
In order to start a duel with the enemy commander, your ship's crew has to outnumber his!
Also, before a battle, assign more crew to combat. I usually pick some 60% for this. After combat, reassign more crew members to navigation, to make sure you can get away even after suffering heavy losses. Also remember to transfer crew if some of your ships have nearly no crew left, otherwise you'll be stuck.
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