Course wander

Mios 4Me · 09-22-19, 08:22 PM

Why is there so much wandering from long-distance plotted courses? It's normally not an issue anywhere but Pearl-ECS on rare occasions, but this recent string of Pearl-Palau/SOWESPAC has really made it a glaring issue. I'll plot a safe course through the mess of the Marshalls and Carolines, coming near these atoll islets but seemingly still far enough away to be safe. I'll go to high TC, only to watch the course line wander closer and closer until it intersects the island. Why isn't the navigator handling this?

Add in all the enemy air alerts (apparently the Japanese air forces are bigger than the rest of the world's combined), the friendly air alerts (50 km from Pearl, seriously?), and the other annoyances (Pac News, etc) that constantly drop us out of high warp (err, high TC), and these transpac slogs are becoming really exasperating.

Anyone have a mid-career fix for any of this?

09-22-19, 08:22 PM	#1
Mios 4Me Sonar Guy Join Date: Feb 2019 Posts: 394 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Course wander Why is there so much wandering from long-distance plotted courses? It's normally not an issue anywhere but Pearl-ECS on rare occasions, but this recent string of Pearl-Palau/SOWESPAC has really made it a glaring issue. I'll plot a safe course through the mess of the Marshalls and Carolines, coming near these atoll islets but seemingly still far enough away to be safe. I'll go to high TC, only to watch the course line wander closer and closer until it intersects the island. Why isn't the navigator handling this? Add in all the enemy air alerts (apparently the Japanese air forces are bigger than the rest of the world's combined), the friendly air alerts (50 km from Pearl, seriously?), and the other annoyances (Pac News, etc) that constantly drop us out of high warp (err, high TC), and these transpac slogs are becoming really exasperating. Anyone have a mid-career fix for any of this?