Well, my experience so far with Real Navigation inside these Polish waters is horrendous. I wish I could throw that Navigator overboard and explain to Donitz that he accidentally slipped on tea.
a) Not much in the way of merchant shipping in the area. Either destroyers or that elusive Polish fleet that go over 15 knots, moving away from me. No pickings.
b) I try to plot waypoints and decent courses inside the patrol zone... but because of the Navigator's less-than-stellar celestial navigation calculations twice I found myself way, wayyyyy passed my waypoint - within sight of land (or land-based coastal batteries). Lesson learned: when reaching a "waypoint" I now stop all engines while he does his magic.
c) The attack disc... remains a complete mystery to me yet. Yes, I saw the videos but still need more practice with it. Can't wait to be transfered in the Atlantic.
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