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Originally Posted by TorpX
I ... detect screws bearing 120 deg. relative... Now I order 4 knots and turn 90 deg. to port from his bearing. He will then be at 90 deg. relative... It allows an intercept with a minimum of speed, provided an interception is possible.
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Thanks for the example, but are you sure this works reliably? Let's say that after putting him on your starboard beam (90 deg. relative), you and him are now on similar courses. When you adjust your speed to maintain bearing, you'd end up adjusting your speed to be nearly the same as his. Thus you'd be traveling nearly parallel, which seems to me like the longest way to intercept.