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Re: Judging a navigator by the logs he keeps. was: Navigation and whaling
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Feb 22, 05:21 -0800
From: Frank Reed
Date: 2009 Feb 22, 05:21 -0800
George H., you wrote: "The conclusion I would draw, that you're free to disagree with, is that the standard of log keeping is not necessarily a good guide to the standard of navigation." That's true. And incidentally, I enjoyed your story. :-) There's a difference worth noting however. You owned your vessel. You were under no legal of commercial obligation to keep a logbook. It's different when you have a crew. It's different when you're commanding somebody else's property. And it's different when you're sailing in international waters possibly close to the coastal waters of an unfriendly nation. An interesting reason for carrying logbooks aboard British merchant vessels in the 19th century: anti-slave trade inspections by the Royal Navy. Slavers often carried several logbooks including one that was intended for these inspections, but supposedly it was not difficult to spot a fake. Anyone have any speculations on things that they would look for to identify a false logbook? By the way, we've been talking about 19th century vessels. What's the law regarding logbooks on merchant vessels today? And a century ago? -FER --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Navigation List archive: www.fer3.com/arc To post, email NavList@fer3.com To , email NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---