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Two centuries is enough for nearly all electrical things to fail, and spare parts can't be made without an industrial base.
*Some* places might have basic radio; batteries aren't hard to make (2 metals, some acid); water and wind power are fairly easy to gather with magnets and wire.
A ship engine requires infrastructure. Especially to fuel it. (At *least* a coal mine; refining is more.) Anywhere there's decent regular winds wouldn't bother with more than sails.
(All IMHO. 
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#WritersCoffeeClub Feb 18: How balanced are your finished works?
"Balance" in a novel has to exist along multiple dimensions. I don't even start until I have an outline that I think that I can execute on. I know the ending from the get-go so I can navigate as I write.
Which is more complicated in a series. I don't think I got it all right for the first book; it was split from a larger book. I believe I can make up for it in the second book I'm laboring on now; the ending there is pretty solid.
