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Originally Posted by irish1958
An experienced officer or NCO on the bridge knows within a degree or two the bearing of any object. A novice should be able to box the compass with accuracy within a day of two of practice.
So not having the bearing on the binoculars is really not realistic.
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I feel just the opposite - I find it highly realistic. But then I know the bearings relative to my ship. As Henry Wood said above, it is very simple to look in the rough direction of the sighting and then use the binoculars, just like they did in real life.