[derstosstrupp]

Set and drift calculations are relatively pointless in the game, because there are no real currents. There’s only helm error. Now, this helm error does tend toward one side or the other, but the trend over time appears to be meaningless. I wish we had that, because calculating course and speed made good from noon to noon (an “Etmal” in German) would be fun!

I agree though, the triangle is handy to be able to compute (and then anticipate) the effects of it.

Having a pit log I could plot the legs of my maneuvers during an engagement using real nav if I so choose much easier. It also had the additional benefit of making “Ausdampfen” of a target easier - following it and adjusting your own course/speed to match his. With a pit log, that allows you to make several speed changes while refining your maneuvers without needing to keep track. And since you kept him roughly in the same spot relative to you all of that time, the distance you moved in that time was the distance he moved.