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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Actually, I agree; the captain's eyes and hands were his 'lock'. I did find myself cheating when I couldn't get a lock because of range, buy re-locking until I forced it to give me a reading: "Yep-medium tanker, range 18,243". I try not to do that anymore. If I can't see anything but a smoke column I don't try to lock and I don't ask for info.
Also, since the WO is almost infallible, I don't lock because that does make it a little bit harder. If he wasn't quite so perfect I wouldn't mind as much.
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I normally don't lock until I have a clear sight picture of the ship (normally 4-5km or closer). I really don't want or desire info from doing that unless and until I specifically request that from my WO (who, and I agree here, could be less than perfect in his assessments and measurements). All I really want from the lock is just that: a lock. Something that leaves my hands free to do other things and not loose the sight picture. And again, I don't feel that's unreasonable to want, as I'm effectively one person trying to do multiple persons' tasks.