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Originally Posted by Tigershark624
My usual practice is to cruise to my assigned patrol grid at 9 knots, deviating only for reachable contact reports or targets of opportunity I encounter along the way. Once on station I'll patrol for at least 24 hours, depending on the amount of traffic. If there's no action I'll head off to a more favorable location.
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That is more or less what I do - keeping to an economical speed on the way out and only chasing those contacts that can be reached within a few hours sailing - that rules out 'medium' and 'fast' travelling vessels that are going away from me.