I'm sure that this is a stupid Q, but where can I find the dang instruction manual for Sea Dogs? I've looked in my downloaded files and can't find it. Thanks!

Not stupid at all ;)
Unfortunately, GOG isn't providing it for this game : if they were, it would be listed in the "included goodies" section of the gamecard.
But maybe can it be found on the web ?

Aaah, silly, silly GOG. I've tried everywhere on the web, but the links that DID have it are dead now. If anyone finds one, or can send me a PDF of it, I'd be forever grateful!

Same here :)

On a related subject, since I don't have an instruction manual, is F2 the key for boarding? I've read a couple of walkthrough/tips write-ups and ONE mentioned F2, but nothing from the other. Bigger ships have boarded mine, but I can't seem to board a smaller (pirate) ship. AND I got his crew down to 0, but he still fires at me. Grrrr.
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Update: It's 'F', not 'F2'. "Quick action" or some such. Still can't figure out how a ship with 0 crew can fire though...

Sorry for the late reply...
Oh, you found the answer ! :D Glad of this, because I wasn't able to answer you : I only tried a little the game for know, and so I didn't know the keys at all. But can't we see the keys in one game menu ?

Pirates from the past who are from the future, with automatic canons ;)

Anything new? Anyone who's found a cpy of the manual?
Thanks in advance.

I found one on google using sea dogs manual, unfortunately GOG wont let me post a link as i'm new to the forums

I'm not finding anything :/
Can you take a screenshot in which we could see the address ? Even new on the forum, I believe you are allowed to attach jpeg at your messages.

I have the Sold Out Software re-release disc of this game lying around somewhere (you know, the one with the god-awful covers). They usually put the manual on the disc as a PDF. I'll see if i can route it out and upload it.

I'm only noticing your answer now, sorry for the very late reply...
If you still can look for it and provide it to us if there's one, I think some of us will be interested :) (even GOG's staff maybe)

HI, iv'e actually forgotten about this myself until i say your message. I have the manual but i'm not too sure how to share it. I'll add it as an attachment and see if that works.

edit: Well, that didn't work... If anyone knows how to get an 8 MB PDF up, could they let me know? or alternatively I could email it to someone who would be able?

Sorry for the very late reply. You can always use Google Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox (you'll have access to the 2 former if you have a Google and/or a Microsoft account respectively). Afterwards, you just need to make the link public -in Google Drive there's a chainlink icon on the top right which you'll have to click with the pdf selected, it will give you a link which you can share and will link only to said pdf (I don't recall the process in OneDrive, but it's certainly similar -look for sharing/public access features).
P.S.Your manual for Sea Dogs will certainly be appreciated -I'm personally going to link to it on a gogmix I maintain about manuals (which is why I looked here today -the 3rd installment of the series was released here on gog today).

You can too simply try to change the extension of the file into jpg to be able to attach it here (make a backup of the original of course ;)).
If you have for example the file "manual.pdf", change the extension this way : "manual.jpg" (it should say something "are you sure to do this ?" accept, since you've made a copy of your original file). Now you should be able to upload it attached with one of your forum message since it's considered to be a picture. After that, we only have to download the file, and to revert the change : change the extension .jpg to .pdf : in theory, we should have the file (but it may not work :P).

Edit : And you can of course contact GOG staff to send it to them too :)
If this doesn't work or you simply want to directly send us the pdf via email (without uploading it into a host like dropbox/mediafire etc...), tell it to me or Treasure, we'll see what to do :)

Edit 2 : It appears that we can't attach a file of more than 2Mo on the forum, so let's forget what I said :P

The problem with your suggestion is that the maximum size gog accepts in its attachments is 2Mbs (which is smaller than the 8mbs the pdf he has is). You can see it if you attempt to make a new post, it says, under "attached images", "0 of 2MB used". So that's off sadly, it'd be more convenient for everyone if gog's attachment limit was bigger...

I don't know about sending stuff to gog via email. Afaik, some people attempted to send pdfs of their manuals, sometimes they get added, other times not, most probably because the manual wasn't included in the negotiation with the developer/publisher - so it's a hit or miss situation, and it's better if he does both (that is give it both to us and to the gog staff) so that all bases are covered. But ofc he doesn't have to send it to gog, as this might not bear any results...
Hopefully, he won't have a problem with using a host, as that's both the easiest and most private way for him to upload and for us to get access to the pdf that I can think of (especially when using Google Drive as it doesn't show the username of the uploader, contrarily to Dropbox -don't recall the situation with OneDrive...)