Re: [FT] Side-slips in cinematic question

Charles Taylor wrote:

>Hello all,
>
>A question:
>
>The side-slip manoeuvre (turn, halve move, turn in opposite direction)
is
>a common house rule in Full Thrust, but what about asymmetric
>side-slips?
>
>Example: the following order: 2P+S, ie. to a 2 point turn to port,
>followed by a 1 point turn to Starboard.
>
>What should this mean:
>
>a) Do a 2 point turn to port, move half current velocity, do a 1 point
>turn to starboard, move the remaining halve velocity.

Illegal. In an odd-thrust course change (1, 3, 5 etc. thrust points
spent 
on turning), the first course change uses half the thrust points rounded

DOWN while the second uses the rest. Side-slips are no exception to
this, 
so in order to be legal your example should be a 1-point turn to port,
move 
half, followed by a 2-point turn to starboard and the remaining move.
End 
result is similar but not identical to a 1-point turn to starboard (you
end 
up with the same course but in a different location).

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

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