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Originally Posted by Mav87th
I can understand that the chronometer needs to be fixed for those playing with lesser realistic settings, but in the real boats there were no such magic "speedfinder" - they had to use the available things, namely - Plotting or Calculating.
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Too many people look at the chronomoter as a black & white issue, that is, as some sort of magic tool that doesn't exist in reality. Rather, the chronometer should be seen as an abstraction - when you've locked on to the target and started the timer, in essence you've called out the range and bearing to your plotting officer and are telling him to estimate the target's speed once you've stopped the timer. Seen that way, the chronomter isn't a "magic button" only suitable for less-realistic settings.
Now yes, I think the ten-second rule should be seen as an absolute minimum. The longer I time the target (at least 30 seconds), the more accurate the speed estimate should be. What's wrong with that?