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Originally Posted by Laffertytig
ive got a question about endurance. the optimal speed to travel at is ahead standard (10 knots) right? how come when i travel at a slower speed my endurance actually decreases by almost 1000 miles?
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Optimal speed is dependent on sea conditions. If you're cruising ahead at Standard, and bucking a head sea, your forward speed would be around 6-7 kts typically but your still burning fuel at the Standard setting. Better to drop back to 2/3 ahead or possibly less...
As for your second question... hmmm, I'll have to do some testing as I've never seen that happen unless the sea was very rough or I had a fuel leak from damage.