Canoe Adventures

[Murr44]

Either that or you just uncheck the "limited fuel" option. I'm assuming that if you do that you could go as far as you wanted. Nice pics. One of these days I'll take a canoe out...maybe the Black Sea; never been there before.:hmm:

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Murr44

Either that or you just uncheck the "limited fuel" option.

I gnu dat! I ar not drain-bamaged!

Well, maybe on Mondays. Or at 0200 on Tuesdays.

[U-snafu]

Actually I never messed with the cfg files and I had "limited fuel" checked. All I did was set my speed manually at 8 knts (read in a thread a while back that that was the most fuel efficeint speed for A type II) and kept it at that speed the whole way. Came out of the Kiel canal-made a straight diaganal line to go between the Shetlands then straight across to the Belcher anchored off of Greenland. I was about drifting on fumes the last few miles to the refuel ship:


After docking at the Belcher (I think that's the name of the supply ship at greenland in 40')--I hugged the Canadian coast straight to New York. Granted I don't believe I would have had enough fuel to make it back to the supply ship so I cheated a little & teleported back to base from the US east coast.

Now the goal is to try to refuel the mighty U-17 at one of the supply boats at Southern Spain then try to sneak by Gilbrater and sneak through the Suez canal to form my own ad-hoc "type II monsoon fleet"



@Rg370---gotta love those 1 torp kill shots in the II--let's you stay out a little longer.

[Sailor Steve]

Tourists!




:rotfl:

[U-snafu]

Thats another nice thing about using the IIA-- it usualy is in early 39' & 40' so it's a little easier to remain undetected. I had stirred up a hornet's nest after taking out the Nelson w/ 7 destroyers hunting & pinging me but due to the thankfully stormy whether snuck away without 1 detection. At least the Narvik mission could be considered realalisticly possible--I think I recall reading that BDU did assign some of the coastal boats for the Nowway invasion.

From Mikayl it sounds like getting past the rock with the canoe is possible--wish the game modeled a strong current there so one could just float through underneath w/ the currents like Werner described in his book. The Suez might be another story but maybe the boys will be up to it:hmm: .


On a related matter--does anyone know if there are any skins out there for the IIA that covers up the pre-war (red&white) "sunk" buoy on the IIA or is that more of a 3d model thing. Due to that--thats' why I like to use the red hull skin--just figuring it was a pre-war boat that the shipyards forgot.

[KLCARROLL]

Great Stuff!!

My all-time favorite boat is the TypeIID: ......With their tight turning capability, and 25 second dive time, ...they are just the ticket for getting in and out of tight places.

I know that "Harbor Raiding" isn't exactly "Historically Accurate", ....but it is fun!

....And besides; ...I have already departed from reality by implementing Captain Von Keldunk's "IID2Flakship" mod. That 37mm on the foredeck is perfect for all those smaller targets that aren't really worth a torpedo! Great Mod!!



klcarroll

[Jimbuna]

You finally got that 37mm

[Bronzewing]

Got into Loch Ewe, in my IID in November 39, wiggled my way over sand bars only 4m under my keel and got between HMS Nelson and the island in the middle of the loch. Sank her with 3 eels under the belt from 345m and none of the destroyers could get me cos the carcas of Nelson was blocking the way! one did get round the end, but could't turn fast enough and ran it's self aground. I made a sharp exit and sank a small Merchant on the way home with my last eel.