Deck guns are usually useless because the weather is almost always 15 m/s.
On those rare occassions that I have had chance to use them, however, I will say that keeping your bow on the target makes it very difficult for merchants to hit you.
If the ship is coming towards you, you can often back your way into good position while keeping your bow on the ship in question. I have some sort of mod that lets me click on the Helmsman and turn to view. I believe those with US keyboards have a keystroke option that accomplishes the same thing.
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