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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Jul 2006
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12" Quality Optics... also wind & sea pic
DSK wrote:
Gilligan wrote:
Ever witness an ASROC launch from 30' away?
Not that close, no thanks. But I have seen 'em go off. I've
also seen an ASROC launcher aimed point blank at a Russian
destroyer that was trying to interfere with UNREP ops.
I have watched a Mk 10 (twin-arm bandit) launcher a few
times, including a test of the dud ejector.
One of these:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...24Cruising.jpg
Now to continue the game from earlier, how strong is the
wind in this picture?
22 to 25 kts
From which direction is it blowing?
From the stbd stern quarter
Is
the ship going upwind or down.
Down
For bonus points, what would
Bobsprit say it's VMG is?
18kts.
Joe
DSK
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