Rainy Days

Zosimus · 06-09-15, 07:35 PM

Has anyone else noticed the uncanny ability of escorts to see in the rain and unerringly find your boat? Just today it happened to me for what must have been at least the 10th time.

You ambush a convoy in the rain. You find a target, sink it, and dive... soon the escorts leave. When they are about 6000 meters off, in heavy rain, you surface and head off 60º from the convoy track (the convoy's heading is 80º and you are at 140º).

Everything is fine for 5 minutes, but then you start taking damage. You see nothing, but order a crash dive. Suddenly the escort is literally on top of you at about 400 meters and on a collision course. It never fails.

Note that this is pre-radar. I'm not talking about escorts picking you up on radar and chasing you down. I'm talking about the near-magical ability of escorts to see through rain.

Zosimus · 06-10-15, 06:50 AM

I am indeed.

Kaptlt.Endrass · 06-16-15, 10:16 AM

'Rainy Days'...sounds like a song title.

Zosimus · 06-16-15, 12:53 PM

Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.

06-09-15, 07:35 PM	#1
Zosimus XO Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Chorrillos, Lima, Peru Posts: 401 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Rainy Days Has anyone else noticed the uncanny ability of escorts to see in the rain and unerringly find your boat? Just today it happened to me for what must have been at least the 10th time. You ambush a convoy in the rain. You find a target, sink it, and dive... soon the escorts leave. When they are about 6000 meters off, in heavy rain, you surface and head off 60º from the convoy track (the convoy's heading is 80º and you are at 140º). Everything is fine for 5 minutes, but then you start taking damage. You see nothing, but order a crash dive. Suddenly the escort is literally on top of you at about 400 meters and on a collision course. It never fails. Note that this is pre-radar. I'm not talking about escorts picking you up on radar and chasing you down. I'm talking about the near-magical ability of escorts to see through rain.

06-16-15, 10:16 AM	#3
Kaptlt.Endrass Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: No Longer On A Big Grey Floaty Thing Posts: 395 Downloads: 116 Uploads: 0	'Rainy Days'...sounds like a song title. __________________ "That flag and I are twins, born in the same hour from the same womb of destiny. We cannot be parted in life or in death; so long as we float, we shall float together." As much as I dislike it sometimes, I'm a tin can sailor, through and through.

06-10-15, 06:50 AM	#2
Zosimus XO Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Chorrillos, Lima, Peru Posts: 401 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	I am indeed.

06-16-15, 12:53 PM	#4
Zosimus XO Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Chorrillos, Lima, Peru Posts: 401 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Rainy days and Mondays always get me down.