2 unrelated questions: groundswells and sextants

[difool2]

In SH3 you can get flat seas or a chaotic mixture of waves going every which way,
with the wave heights directly proportional to the wind speed. I was wondering if you
could be in calm winds yet still experience a sizable groundswell from a distant storm.
Given the size of the Pacific this should be more common than it would be in the
Atlantic I would guess.

I also wish there was a sextant in the game-get a star or sun sighting to get latitude,
but I guess it would require a table or something to consult.

[Torplexed]

Something tell me that with all on their plate the developers probably haven't delved too deeply into the subjects of oceanography and astronomy. Would be nice to have a sub that actually drifts when motionless.

[Sailor Steve]

Would be nice to have a sub that actually drifts when motionless.
But then it wouldn't be motionless.:rotfl:

But I agree, it would be nice to have drifting. On the other hand, after looking through The American Practical Navigator, I'm not sure I would want manual navigation to be too realistic.

[Morts]

Would be nice to have a sub that actually drifts when motionless.
But then it wouldn't be motionless.:rotfl:


that has got to be the worst joke ive ever heard:rotfl:

[Sailor Steve]

that has got to be the worst joke ive ever heard:rotfl:
But you obviously liked it in spite of yourself. I can only quote Obi-Wan Kenobi: "Who's more foolish-the fool, or the fool who follows him?"

[Chief of the Boat]

It can be *real* tough getting a star/moon/sun shot... in swells, much less three. I've seen a 'shooter' on each bridge wing, and a third on the signal flag deck... *the fix* was the combination that produced the smallest triangle on the chart. I can't imagine that with one shooter at the conn of a Boat. Better to not try modelling that...*I* think.

COB