Following your advice I find that if the contact is far off and fairly small in the scope, an addition of .5 of an optic height works. If the target is large in the scope an addition of 1 optic works.
For example: if the optic height in the scope is 2.5 and the ship is far away, I make the reading 3. This however is incredibly unscientific. Do other people have these problems? Range is not too important as regards torpedoes unless the range is beyond the capabilities of the torpedo. It's quite another matter with fats, as setting when the leg starts is vital.
Mt stadimeter readings seem way off as well.
Another question is when measuring mast height with ships that have a mast coming from the bridge, do you take this mast as the measurement or one of the ones on deck?
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