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Originally Posted by torpedobait
I found the same thing. It has to do with approaching on the surface. I had an agent insertion mission and had the same results when approaching on the surface. I got the Coast Watcher to leave my boat by approaching the drop point (I use 500-600 yards to the shore point) by going to periscope depth at about 5-6 NM from the shore point, approaching to the drop off point I selected, stopping the boat and surfacing. I get the message request to launch the raft even before surfacing is complete. That seems to work for me, at least.
I did have one drop mission where the raft self-destructed in a large explosion almost immediately after leaving my boat! The mission was still considered complete, my crew announced a ship contact at close range (!), I could still see the raft on the Nav Map (contacts on), but visually the raft was aflame. Hope he made it. I didn't stick around to find out.
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Just ran second insertion mission, Jeju left Feb 14 1942, arrived March 10, 1942. Approached on the surface in rain storm and agent jumped into boat as soon as I killed power and was inserted, while still moving at 4 knots. Believe first insertion, December 9,1941, Pearl Harbor. Mission: Deposit spy near Kushiro, is broken.