Long post about dealing with long patrols

[Myszkin]

Originally Posted by MarkQuinn

Here's the problem. I start my campaigns in 1939. I like the Type VII so of course I start with the 7th Flotilla. That means if I wanted to play in real time I would have 3-4 days heading north and then west around the peninsula (not sure of its name) with absolutely no chance of attacking or being attacked, safe in German waters.

Hey, hey - you forgot that war broke out on 01 Sep 1939 - Germany invaded Poland.
So you might spotted polish ships at Baltic and in Kattegat, Skagerrak etc.

Originally Posted by MarkQuinn

around the peninsula (not sure of its name)

It's Jutland Penisula.