Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A halin yanzu, rikicin kasafin kudi na baya-bayan nan ya kawo sauyi a cikin dabarun sojan ruwan Faransa <unk> Yanzu dai Kasashen da ke Tekun sun wuce Faransa a cikin ginin jirgi da makamai, kuma suna samun ci gaba mai yawa. Da yake ba da shawarar watsi da yakin basasa, "guerre d'escadre", a cikin sha'awar cinikin kasuwanci, "guerre de course", Vauban ya ba da shawarar yin amfani da jiragen ruwa da ke tallafawa masu mallakar jiragen ruwa da ke ba da jiragen ruwa na kansu a matsayin masu zaman kansu, da nufin hallaka cinikin Maritime Powers. Vauban ya yi jayayya cewa wannan canjin dabarun zai hana abokin gaba tushen tattalin arzikinsa ba tare da kashe Louis XIV kudi wanda ya fi gaggawa da ake buƙata don kula da sojojin Faransa a ƙasa ba. Masu zaman kansu suna tafiya ko dai a matsayin mutum ko a cikin cikakkun ƙungiyoyi daga Dunkirk, St Malo da ƙananan tashar jiragen ruwa, sun sami nasara sosai. Alal misali, a shekara ta 1695, Marquis na Nesmond, tare da jiragen ruwa guda bakwai, ya kama jiragen ruwa daga Kamfanin Ingila na Gabashin Indiya wanda aka ce ya ba da miliyan 10 livres. A watan Mayu na 1696, Jean Bart ya tsallake takunkumin Dunkirk kuma ya bugi jerin gwano na Dutch a cikin Tekun Arewa, ya ƙone 45 daga cikin jiragensa; a ranar 18 ga Yuni 1696 ya ci yaƙin Dogger Bank; kuma a watan Mayu na 1697, Baron na Pointis tare da wani jirgin ruwa na jirgin ruwa ya kai hari kuma
ya kwace Cartagena, ya samu, da kuma sarki, wani rabo na 10 miliyan livres.