Stupid Skipper Trick # 14

[Rockin Robbins]

I'm yo-yoing with the sub. Running TC 1000x until plane detected, ramp it up to 16x, dive if neccessary, ramp up to 64x, wait for 5 minutes, go to radar depth, surface if all clear: normal procedure. Went real good. I had to dive, ramped time compression up to 64x at 100', waited the 5 minutes, stabbed the semicolon and forgot that Ducimus had just reprogrammed the semicolon to steep dive.... CRUNCH!
......................................<--Ducimus

[Nuc]

I was backing down and lining up a stern shot. I had outer doors open and tube 5 selected (Salmon Class) when I realized I had closed and then crossed the track. I continued backing to set up a bow shot. Got a good set up however when it was time to fire I shot the stern tubes

[GunnersMate]

Originally Posted by Nuc

I was backing down and lining up a stern shot.

Whenever I do that I mix up port & starboard. "Right Full Rudder!" - "I Mean Left! Your Left !!!" "Ah heck with it. Secure from Battlestations"

[Seminole]

:hmm: ...Its a lot like watching the wife back the truck and boat on a trailer down to the boat ramp while you stand by making ready to unhitch... isn't it?

It would be easier if the rudder dial happened to be labeled port and starboard instead of left and right.

I just keep my eye on the sub's bow...determine which direction it should travel in order to get the stern to go where it needs to.. and apply OPPOSITE rudder...after the brain does a quick translation to right/left from port starboard....

....piece of cake really...becomes almost second nature after about the 1,437th time of screwing it up...

A long time ago, I read a book about WW2 by some Adm.(maybe Halsey?) and he talked about keeping a piece of paper in his safe for when he got stressed out or something, anyway on the paper it said "port is left, starboard is right"

Urge

[Task Force]

Originally Posted by Urge

A long time ago, I read a book about WW2 by some Adm.(maybe Halsey?) and he talked about keeping a piece of paper in his safe for when he got stressed out or something, anyway on the paper it said "port is left, starboard is right"

Urge

Handy way to remember them.:rotfl:

[GunnersMate]

Marginally better than writing P and S on your hands

[peabody]

Originally Posted by Seminole

:hmm: ...Its a lot like watching the wife back the truck and boat on a trailer down to the boat ramp while you stand by making ready to unhitch... isn't it?

Don't complain, she could have drove it down instead of backing it down. :rotfl:

Peabody

[Seminole]

Originally Posted by peabody

Don't complain, she could have drove it down instead of backing it down. :rotfl:

Peabody

I tried doing the backing instead of the unhitching but the first time she got pulled into the water...the second she let go of the line ,to keep from getting pulled in..and I had to swim for it..and the water up here is always mighty cold..

So now she does the backing even if it does take multiple tries.