French coast 1939

firepower41 · 01-25-07, 08:11 PM

Hello mates

I'm new and I wanted to ask some advice.

BdU ordered me to a point roughly 200 km ENE off Brittany. How would you navigate there from Kiel? I thought I might try to pass the Straits of Dover, and I ended up reenacting the last minutes of Das Boot...

Any ideas?

melnibonian · 01-25-07, 08:13 PM

Under no circumstances you should not go through the Canal. I would suggest going over the coast of scotland and the west coast of Ireland. That was you avoid certain death in the canal.

Corsair · 01-25-07, 08:15 PM

Depends what boat you're driving. I would suppose a VII for this type of patrol.
It's up to you, but here we have one common saying if you want to stay out of trouble,
STAY OUT OF THE CHANNEL...
(He he was first this time...)

I go around the north myself... with a VII you have way enough fuel.

johnno74 · 01-25-07, 09:42 PM

FYI to get thru the keil canal, there are commands to automatically insert waypoints under the navigators search pattern menu... select "keil canal OUT" before you move away from your starting position in the docks at keil (or you'll end up running aground!) and then on the way in set a waypoint on the "keil canal entrance point" and select "keil canal in" to create waypoints.

If you knew this, please disregard, but I didn't when I first started playing GWX and my first trip out was a pain... until I found out the auto-waypoint thing

firepower41 · 01-26-07, 10:30 AM

Vielen Dank, mates!

Leod · 01-26-07, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnno74

FYI to get thru the keil canal, there are commands to automatically insert waypoints under the navigators search pattern menu... select "keil canal OUT" before you move away from your starting position in the docks at keil (or you'll end up running aground!) and then on the way in set a waypoint on the "keil canal entrance point" and select "keil canal in" to create waypoints.

If you knew this, please disregard, but I didn't when I first started playing GWX and my first trip out was a pain... until I found out the auto-waypoint thing

Woah, ok ... what?

Whats this auto waypoint thing? How do you select auto waypoint? Why not travel through the canal? If you say RTFM, I thought I had.

AVGWarhawk · 01-26-07, 12:12 PM

If you have GWX and are starting Kiel, click on the navigator and you will see a selection for inbound Kiel and outbound Kiel. Pick outbound and the boat will auto navigate the Kiel Canal.

As far as the English Channel...you are best to avoid it unless your into warships and DC messing with you for day

Jimbuna · 01-26-07, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Corsair

Depends what boat you're driving. I would suppose a VII for this type of patrol.
It's up to you, but here we have one common saying if you want to stay out of trouble,
STAY OUT OF THE CHANNEL...
(He he was first this time...)

I go around the north myself... with a VII you have way enough fuel.

:rotfl:

01-25-07, 08:11 PM	#1
firepower41 Seaman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 35 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	French coast 1939 Hello mates I'm new and I wanted to ask some advice. BdU ordered me to a point roughly 200 km ENE off Brittany. How would you navigate there from Kiel? I thought I might try to pass the Straits of Dover, and I ended up reenacting the last minutes of Das Boot... Any ideas?

01-25-07, 08:13 PM	#2
melnibonian Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Reading UK Posts: 3,473 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Under no circumstances you should not go through the Canal. I would suggest going over the coast of scotland and the west coast of Ireland. That was you avoid certain death in the canal. __________________ http://www.thegreywolves.com/ http://wolvesatwar.com/ Download GWX and other goodies: http://hosted.filefront.com/melnibonian

01-25-07, 08:15 PM	#3
Corsair Ace of the Deep Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Toulouse France Posts: 1,140 Downloads: 51 Uploads: 0	Depends what boat you're driving. I would suppose a VII for this type of patrol. It's up to you, but here we have one common saying if you want to stay out of trouble, STAY OUT OF THE CHANNEL... (He he was first this time...) I go around the north myself... with a VII you have way enough fuel. __________________ NYGM 3.4A / Living SH3 V5.1 + SH3 Commander

01-26-07, 10:30 AM	#5
firepower41 Seaman Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 35 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Very good Vielen Dank, mates!

01-26-07, 12:12 PM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	If you have GWX and are starting Kiel, click on the navigator and you will see a selection for inbound Kiel and outbound Kiel. Pick outbound and the boat will auto navigate the Kiel Canal. As far as the English Channel...you are best to avoid it unless your into warships and DC messing with you for day __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

01-25-07, 09:42 PM	#4
johnno74 Planesman Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 197 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	FYI to get thru the keil canal, there are commands to automatically insert waypoints under the navigators search pattern menu... select "keil canal OUT" before you move away from your starting position in the docks at keil (or you'll end up running aground!) and then on the way in set a waypoint on the "keil canal entrance point" and select "keil canal in" to create waypoints. If you knew this, please disregard, but I didn't when I first started playing GWX and my first trip out was a pain... until I found out the auto-waypoint thing