SOS: Captain needs tactical "Hunt" aid..

[Silverleaf]

Greetings,

This may turn into a long post, and if it does I apologize in advance.

I've been dreading writing this, having held off until I tried wrapping my eyeteeth around the tutorials on attacking with torpedoes in SH3. After reading through Wazoo's tutorial I was lost. Thought I'll try Hitman's Kriegsmarine circle, which while sweet looking (and I created a custom case for it), I've yet to understand all the nuances. So I turned to "The Hunt" pdf by Dantenoc, which has great images, much shorter, but again I'm scratching my head because I get a couple steps in to the tutorial, do something wrong and invariably wind up no closer than "Long Range" which translates into 10000 + meters when I search through the Attack Scope.

If I get any of these steps wrong, please let me know:

So, once a ship pops up with its little box, I click on it. I got the following: Slow, SSE

1) Drop to 1:1 real time ratio

2) Change my course to a general heading of SSE -or somewhere around 158 degrees - this way at least I'm heading towards the contact's path.

3) I use the protractor.
1st leg = From u-boat to Contact
2nd leg= From contact towards the reported heading - in this case 146-169 Degrees.

4) Find Contact Speed:
Slow = 6 kt or thereabouts.

5) Take ruler and plot distance:
Contact Speed (in kts) X 10 = Length of line

So I draw a line from the contact, on it's path out to 60 kms.

6) Use Compass and draw circle by clicking on end point of measured distance (in this case 60 kms) and draw a circle = 10 X (my intended speed for interception).

In this case, I'm close (still 15,000 meters away) so I will do 3 kt, staying submerged since it's daytime. I draw a circle 30 kms in size.

7) Where the circle intercepts MY current path is what I'm after here, yes?

If yes: Take Protractor:

1st leg: Click on center of circle, then on spot just bisected by the circle/my intended route
2nd leg: From end of Leg 1 to contact

So, I clicked on the circle center, and up to where the circle intersected my path, and back to the contact. I get 96 degrees.




If I plot a course for 96 degrees, I'm heading directly East - not anywhere near the contact's path. What am I doing wrong?

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I just thought of something. That number: 96 degrees is from the current direction/heading my ship is traveling. Yes?

So, IF my current heading is 150 degrees, I need to turn the boat or plot a course that will eventually lead me 96 degrees to my right or to heading 246.

Is that at all correct? Or am I totally lost?

Cheers and thanks,

R.S.