Estimating course at long range

DarkFish · 01-30-09, 11:23 AM

You don't have to know the exact range for jaegers method, just count the number of pixels above the horizon and take that as range. So adjust course and speed till the ship's height in pixels stays equal.

Indy676 · 01-30-09, 01:39 PM

normaly with "v" or "Strg + v" the oow will tell you the bearing and range to the nearest target. Put this on your nav-chart. Do it some minutes later again, and you can see the course on your chart and you can compute the speed. Take 6 min and you have the ten's part of the distance the ship will travel in an houre.
The only thing you have to do now is to compute the km in nm.
Hope I could help you.
Greets Indy

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01-30-09, 11:23 AM	#1
DarkFish Sea Lord Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Stinking drunk in Eindhoven, the Netherlands Posts: 1,844 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	You don't have to know the exact range for jaegers method, just count the number of pixels above the horizon and take that as range. So adjust course and speed till the ship's height in pixels stays equal.

01-30-09, 01:39 PM	#2
Indy676 Sailor man Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Seehausen/Altmark Germany Posts: 44 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	normaly with "v" or "Strg + v" the oow will tell you the bearing and range to the nearest target. Put this on your nav-chart. Do it some minutes later again, and you can see the course on your chart and you can compute the speed. Take 6 min and you have the ten's part of the distance the ship will travel in an houre. The only thing you have to do now is to compute the km in nm. Hope I could help you. Greets Indy