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There is a very clear jpg of a line drawing of a traverse board at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mosmd/travbrd.htm
As this is an educational website, the author may be willing to allow you to
reuse it in your publication, and even to make modifications.

It would be easy to remove the text at the top and/or to add column headings
for the knot-log pegs at the bottom.
Presumably, the column headings should be I through XI and 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 as
shown in the photo at http://www.californian.org/ebay/htm/traverse.htm
(Or left blank as in
http://www.maritime-museum.aland.fi/current/g/pinkom_l.jpg )


It wouldn't even be all that difficult, using available drawings and photos
as a reference, to draw one from scratch.

Renee

-----Original Message-----
From: Navigation Mailing List [mailto:NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM]
On Behalf Of Henry C. Halboth
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 10:02 PM
To: NAVIGATION-L@LISTSERV.WEBKAHUNA.COM
Subject: [NAV-L] Fw: Re: traverse board.

I sent this posting previously, however, it apparently got lost somewhere
in cyberspace - at least it never came back to me. Please excuse if I am
duplicating.

George,

See Navigation in the Age of Discovery, Duane A. Cline. Book is not
generally recommened by me. but does contain a reasonably good drawing of
the traverse board. Will send copy of drawing off line if you would like.

Henry

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:21:14 -0000 George Huxtable
 writes:
> In connection with a forthcoming publication, a colleague and I are
> looking
> for a line-drawing of a traverse-board. That's the device, rather
> like a
> dartboard, with holes to represent compass-points, that was hung up
> on a
> bulkhead near the wheel. Pegs (on strings) were pushed in to mark
> the
> successive courses steered during a watch, and another block of
> holes,
> below, was used to indicate the successive speeds logged. Using such
> a
> device, a watchkeeper did not need to be literate.
>
> I know of two photos of traverse-boards, one in E G R Taylor's "The
> Haven-finding art", and one on J E D Williams' "From Sails to
> Satellites".
> For clarity, though, a line drawing is greatly preferred to a
> half-tone
> picture. Any suggestions?
>
> George.
>

   

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