How do you get hit by a merchant ship?
Seems hard to believe thinking about how big the ocean is. But having been the Officer of the Deck on a few Navy combatants over the years, it can easily happen. Ships will pass in the night and if the other guy turns unexpectedly in your path, it can get ugly fast, especially a merchant ship that has a turn radius of about a nautical mile, and your ship takes a half mile to come to a complete stop.
