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[Antiacus]

Originally Posted by onelifecrisis

BTW, please tell me, just how accurately can someone guestimate range with nothing but a pair of binocs?

Within a thousand yards or so...

My personal claim to fame was spotting a sea kayak at 12,000 yards from a 37ft flying bridge..

That one earned me special sea detail lookout. The CO happened to be on the bridge.

Maybe i'm mis-remembering the range thing. Maybe it's just the sonar yutz that reports short, medium, long...