It can be dull. Sometimes I watch my boat struggle through heavy seas, with a half-drowned watch and gurgling diesels. Other times I admire the sunset or sundown for a while before going back to increased time compression.
However for every moment of boredom there's some great moments. I was surfaced and closing on a merchant in the Caribbean, with my crew manning the deck gun. Before I got close enough to shoot four aircraft appeared and I didn't have time to crash dive.
My flak gunners were blazing away, the water spouts of bombs were gushing around my boat. Meanwhile I increased to ahead flank and was making hard rudder changes. My crew shot down all the aircraft and I sank the merchant., with no damage to myself.
Still my favourite patrol. It's moments like those that keep me going during the boring bits. Life can suddenly get very interesting in SH3
