Lorient U Boat Base

Yinping01 · 03-03-14, 05:42 PM

Has anyone had any problems navigating out of Lorient? It is like a maze
I must have hit the sea walls 3 or 4 times. any suggestions?

TheDarkWraith · 03-03-14, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Yinping01

Has anyone had any problems navigating out of Lorient? It is like a maze
I must have hit the sea walls 3 or 4 times. any suggestions?

If you are using my UIs mod then activate the harbor pilot via Automation

finchOU · 03-03-14, 09:27 PM

...just realize it takes longer to turn. So make sure to anticipate the turns. If all else fails stop or reverse to keep from banging walls. Take it as a challenge to improve your ship handling skills.

Aktungbby · 03-04-14, 01:27 AM

Welcome aboard Yinping01!

Boat handling is a little tough in harbor and I even have hit things with my real 27' boat...thank god for expandable push-poles; Go slow on speed level 2; aim dead center at a nav target such as a lighted window, distant tree, light house tower, smoke stacks or freight crane. Use hard 90 degree turn rudder tactics and be prepared for full astern. Your binocs or bridge UZO sight can focus on a distant steering point and reduce needless turning in the narrow canal estuary. Generally, as you come abreast of the turn, on your 90 or 270, from your bridge conning view point nearly amidships, begin a hard turn to a safe target dead center forward and come to rudder amidships. Use the 5 degree rudder controls to maintain target against any current issues and proceed to open water. Avoid excess speed and oversteering! Don't feel too bad, a professional harbor pilot recently hit the S.F. Bay Bridge with a Container ship and has lost his license; even the pros screw up. Practice Practice.

tat501 · 03-04-14, 03:55 AM

Haha! Yeah Lorient's a tough little bugger. That's why I pay the pilot to take me out as TDW suggests...

Jimbuna · 03-04-14, 05:14 AM

Lorient can be a bit tricky but practice makes perfect.

Welcome to SubSim

Yinping01 · 03-04-14, 05:02 PM

Thanks for the help. I will keep practicing if not I will get the mod. I made it out with 97 percent of my hull intact.

03-03-14, 05:42 PM	#1
Yinping01 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Maryland USA Posts: 5 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Lorient U Boat Base Has anyone had any problems navigating out of Lorient? It is like a maze I must have hit the sea walls 3 or 4 times. any suggestions?

03-03-14, 09:27 PM	#3
finchOU Samurai Navy Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 571 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	Take it slow ...just realize it takes longer to turn. So make sure to anticipate the turns. If all else fails stop or reverse to keep from banging walls. Take it as a challenge to improve your ship handling skills. __________________ Intel i7-2700K-3.50GHz, 16 GB RAM, 2 xGTX 560,2GB,SLI,2 TB HD The Wolves of Steel 1.06 The Wolves of Steel 1.06 Update 05c

03-04-14, 01:27 AM	#4
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,006 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	welcome aboard Welcome aboard Yinping01! Boat handling is a little tough in harbor and I even have hit things with my real 27' boat...thank god for expandable push-poles; Go slow on speed level 2; aim dead center at a nav target such as a lighted window, distant tree, light house tower, smoke stacks or freight crane. Use hard 90 degree turn rudder tactics and be prepared for full astern. Your binocs or bridge UZO sight can focus on a distant steering point and reduce needless turning in the narrow canal estuary. Generally, as you come abreast of the turn, on your 90 or 270, from your bridge conning view point nearly amidships, begin a hard turn to a safe target dead center forward and come to rudder amidships. Use the 5 degree rudder controls to maintain target against any current issues and proceed to open water. Avoid excess speed and oversteering! Don't feel too bad, a professional harbor pilot recently hit the S.F. Bay Bridge with a Container ship and has lost his license; even the pros screw up. Practice Practice. __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

03-04-14, 05:14 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,525 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Lorient can be a bit tricky but practice makes perfect. Welcome to SubSim __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

03-04-14, 03:55 AM	#5
tat501 Helmsman Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: London Posts: 108 Downloads: 275 Uploads: 0	Haha! Yeah Lorient's a tough little bugger. That's why I pay the pilot to take me out as TDW suggests...

03-04-14, 05:02 PM	#7
Yinping01 Swabbie Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Maryland USA Posts: 5 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Thanks for the help. I will keep practicing if not I will get the mod. I made it out with 97 percent of my hull intact.