Rough weather

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by desirableroasted

"Zig-zagging" ships actually run a slow, regular serpentine course, with no speed changes. You can set your watch to them.

So, if you have the patience, you can easily calculate how often the target (and this can be a merchant OR a capital warship) will reach the end of the curve and, for a few seconds, be parallel to its original course.

Knowing that, it just requires positioning.

I've bagged at a least a couple that way, when I was spotted on the surface and the weather was too rough for the guns. I just submerged and waited until I saw what zig they were zagging and set up a shot accordingly.

Sometimes the dumber ones even resume a straight course before I've gotten myself into position.