SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

- AT 1530 CONN ORDERS 5 KNOTS

- DR IS LAID OUT USING FIVE KNOTS - WITHOUT CONSIDERING SET & DRIFT AND DECELERATION

1540 CONN ORDERS CRS 217 TO PARALLEL EDGE OF BOX

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QMs PLOTTED THEIR DR AS THOUGH CURSE AND SPEED CHANGES WERE INSTANTANEOUS. BY THE TIME THE CONN ORDERED LEFT RUDDER TO 217 THE SHIP WAS NEARLY OUT OF THE BOX RATHER THAN JUST TO THE NORTH OF CENTER.