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Originally Posted by Armistead

It's possible because the zig legs are so short, that somehow limits overall speed. The bigger issue for me is the short zig legs. They're so short, it's more like the ship is just helming left and right.

Which is exactly what they are doing.

They are not zig zagging, but constant helming.

And the continual rudder change seems to be enough to slow their speed to approx two thirds of what they were doing before.

I share your frustration.

I used to be so careful not being detected before an attack, until I realised that their reduced average speed along the base course (that they still seem to follow) in many cases has made my subsequent attack easier