Even for miniatures, computer-aided wargaming would help solve the record-keeping burden

The biggest problem with miniatures gaming 17th Century sailing warfare is the record keeping. An obvious way to help with this is to do computer-aided wargaming. Let the computer do the record keeping, as well as resolving combat. There does need to be a simple way to check the status of ships, however. It is also rather burdensome to have a computer around, but it seems preferable to gaming with a few ships and lots of paper and rules.