Advices: If you have to dive your boat to ocean floor

Rosencrantz · 04-23-06, 04:24 AM

I have noticed many of us has find it difficult to dive the boat to the ocean floor and to stay there without major damages. Well, it can be done and here are my advices:

1. If you are in storm conditions, you HAVE to find water deep enough so the waves won't lift the boat up and hit it back to the bottom. So, maybe 60 meters + is needed for that if in the storm.

2. Get your boat close to the bottom step by step and while doing that, ping the depth if possible.

3. When you are ready, stop the engines and when your speed is 1 - 2 knots, give "Dive" order by hitting D key. DO NOT give a new depth order because this will cause your boat starting again going up and down = you hit the bottom several times. JUST hit the D key and everything should be go just OK.

4. Keep in mind you can't handle the boat just by dive order if you are in shallow waters because the waves will lift your boat no matter what you try to do for that. In RL you could take some more water in (into the saddle tanks, not in the boat!) but that's not possible in SHIII so the dive order is the only way you to "lock" your boat to the bottom.

-RC-

04-23-06, 04:24 AM	#1
Rosencrantz Grey Wolf Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Finland Posts: 758 Downloads: 78 Uploads: 0	Advices: If you have to dive your boat to ocean floor I have noticed many of us has find it difficult to dive the boat to the ocean floor and to stay there without major damages. Well, it can be done and here are my advices: 1. If you are in storm conditions, you HAVE to find water deep enough so the waves won't lift the boat up and hit it back to the bottom. So, maybe 60 meters + is needed for that if in the storm. 2. Get your boat close to the bottom step by step and while doing that, ping the depth if possible. 3. When you are ready, stop the engines and when your speed is 1 - 2 knots, give "Dive" order by hitting D key. DO NOT give a new depth order because this will cause your boat starting again going up and down = you hit the bottom several times. JUST hit the D key and everything should be go just OK. 4. Keep in mind you can't handle the boat just by dive order if you are in shallow waters because the waves will lift your boat no matter what you try to do for that. In RL you could take some more water in (into the saddle tanks, not in the boat!) but that's not possible in SHIII so the dive order is the only way you to "lock" your boat to the bottom. -RC-