"i carry little armor (1.0/1.0/10/5), a CV IV engine, and 3 x lvl 58 engies, to produce"

Reduce armour to 0.3 belt and only so much bulge that you don't lose speed, 1.0" deck
armour is completely useless. Also, use the BC engine (caps OH speed faster) until you get
better engies and or your crew becomes too fat. Secondly, get more engineers. I recommend
at least 5, better 6. Dunk and many other ships depend on their speed, to be successful.

"I am getting bored of my dunk,lvl 103 gunners ..."

If you're bored of it, either it's too slow or it's too slow.

In the first instance you don't have enough engineers or your engineers aren't good
enough. Use at least 6 EBVE lvl 70+ engis.

In the second instance, you crew is too fat, in which case you need to use a BB3 or above.

Level up your crew, the dunk relies on speed to be competitive. As a line fighter, u lack
range compared to your pbb contemparies and damage output. Spread will also be bad, its
just the way the dunk is, but certain postions of the ship do seem to effect it (pointing
forwards,side ways etc). The main thing is to lvl up your crew, make sure your bo got vets
and experts, and play a lower ship till u finish this. The dunks ability to manuever is
what makes it shines, but at 32 OH, that wont be happening.

i am new to dunky, but i agree that AA can save you from returning home with 0
attack. to this effect i also try and manage to hit the adventurous sub.

but i still have to understand why:
1) i cant see my shells (original gun set) with a lvl 94 BO
2) spread is not good (gunner lvl 73)
3) i cannot fly lvl50 scout plane, with a lvl 51 rookie pilot. i fly the lvl 30 ones
4) i carry little armor (1.0/1.0/10/5), a CV IV engine, and 3 x lvl 58 engies, to produce
24/32 knots. so no rushing, no running, and any 12" guns wrecks me in 2/3 salvos.

strange bird... i hope to discover how to use it, some hints are warmly welcome
thanks to all
joko

Picked up my AA, and start sniping some scout fighters for experts, and take advantage of
blindness to violently strike the foes.

The Dunk aa gunset might be heavy, but it is very useable.