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sharkbit · 05-15-08, 08:15 AM

I started a new career after getting GWX2.1 and SH3Commander installed. Also am trying the 16km horizon. My machine seems to be able to handle it.

Went thru a quick(about a week long) shakedown cruise to Scapa and back in August of '39 and wanted to make sure that I got back to Wilhelmshaven and out on my second patrol before the war started and be on my patrol area when it did. I figured I could get thru the Channel and save a bunch of time and fuel.

So off I go, leaving Wilhelmshaven on 8/20/39, plot my course thru the English Channel and sit back with a little TC knowing I have plenty of time before the war starts to make it thru. I then had to put my kiddies to bed(They sleep pretty well, considering all the noise on a U-Boat

).

When I sit back down, I'm just starting to get into the Dover Channel when I notice that all the friendly green cities in England and France have turned an angry red. WTF-I look at the date and it is about 1 am on Sept. 3, 1939. Now wait a minute-I thought I left Wilhelmshaven on Aug. 20 and it shouldn't take 14 days to go as far as I did at 14 knots.

I wasn't going to risk going thru the Channel, even if it was the first day of the war. I plotted a new course the long way around and am now currently on my way to my assigned grid, a little late for the start of the party.

Oh well-no worries.

I keep thinking that maybe I mis-read the date of departure, but I was pretty sure it said Aug. 20, 1939 when I had just got to sea from Wilhelmshaven. Must have been some sort of weird worm hole in the space-time continuum and it threw me forward a couple of weeks.

05-15-08, 08:15 AM	#1
sharkbit The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 1,529 Downloads: 334 Uploads: 0	Time warp? I started a new career after getting GWX2.1 and SH3Commander installed. Also am trying the 16km horizon. My machine seems to be able to handle it. Went thru a quick(about a week long) shakedown cruise to Scapa and back in August of '39 and wanted to make sure that I got back to Wilhelmshaven and out on my second patrol before the war started and be on my patrol area when it did. I figured I could get thru the Channel and save a bunch of time and fuel. So off I go, leaving Wilhelmshaven on 8/20/39, plot my course thru the English Channel and sit back with a little TC knowing I have plenty of time before the war starts to make it thru. I then had to put my kiddies to bed(They sleep pretty well, considering all the noise on a U-Boat ). When I sit back down, I'm just starting to get into the Dover Channel when I notice that all the friendly green cities in England and France have turned an angry red. WTF-I look at the date and it is about 1 am on Sept. 3, 1939. Now wait a minute-I thought I left Wilhelmshaven on Aug. 20 and it shouldn't take 14 days to go as far as I did at 14 knots. I wasn't going to risk going thru the Channel, even if it was the first day of the war. I plotted a new course the long way around and am now currently on my way to my assigned grid, a little late for the start of the party. Oh well-no worries. I keep thinking that maybe I mis-read the date of departure, but I was pretty sure it said Aug. 20, 1939 when I had just got to sea from Wilhelmshaven. Must have been some sort of weird worm hole in the space-time continuum and it threw me forward a couple of weeks.