GoldenRivet's 1X Patrol

GoldenRivet · 08-02-08, 07:03 PM

Thanks!

right now im in grid BF18... in what would be grid BF1813 if the grids went according to this http://www.uboat.net/maps/grid.html at high zoom.

Im at 40 meters depth creeping ahead slow with occasional drifting at all stop doing a rather lengthy sound check... the weather above is limiting the visibility to about 8KM or so. i figure the sonar officer will hear a ship long before the watch will see one!

Confidence is high that i will encounter something in the next 10 hours, this has been a hot spot for me in the past, i hope it will be now.

Im a rather impatient person, and doing a 1x patrol requires a great deal of self discipline and patience.

its rather difficult to convinve yourself that it is normal to do a 4 to 6 hour sound check! when under time compression it only takes a matter of minutes to pass such time.

keeping my fingers crossed.

08-02-08, 07:03 PM	#11
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Thanks! right now im in grid BF18... in what would be grid BF1813 if the grids went according to this http://www.uboat.net/maps/grid.html at high zoom. Im at 40 meters depth creeping ahead slow with occasional drifting at all stop doing a rather lengthy sound check... the weather above is limiting the visibility to about 8KM or so. i figure the sonar officer will hear a ship long before the watch will see one! Confidence is high that i will encounter something in the next 10 hours, this has been a hot spot for me in the past, i hope it will be now. Im a rather impatient person, and doing a 1x patrol requires a great deal of self discipline and patience. its rather difficult to convinve yourself that it is normal to do a 4 to 6 hour sound check! when under time compression it only takes a matter of minutes to pass such time. keeping my fingers crossed. __________________