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Re: The Nautical Day
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Feb 9, 19:49 +0000
From: Trevor Kenchington
Date: 2004 Feb 9, 19:49 +0000
That is interesting, Doug! Can you explain in what ways the ship's day ends at noon? The ships I have worked on (mostly government research trawlers, some commercial fishing boats) had no break in their routines at noon. Indeed, aboard Australia's "Soela", we used to work 8-hour watches with one running 0800 to 1600, so there was literally no break at noon. Do you think of your ship's days in terms of calendar dates or just as units of working time that span across two calendar days? If you do put dates on noon-to-noon days, do you use a date 12 hours ahead of, of 12 hours behind, the civil calendar? Trevor Kenchington You wrote: > The ships' day still begins and ends at local noon at sea and while in > port.This is mainly done for work and watch standing purposes and has > nothing to do with navigation.Most likely a traditional carry over from > earlier times. -- Trevor J. Kenchington PhD Gadus@iStar.ca Gadus Associates, Office(902) 889-9250 R.R.#1, Musquodoboit Harbour, Fax (902) 889-9251 Nova Scotia B0J 2L0, CANADA Home (902) 889-3555 Science Serving the Fisheries http://home.istar.ca/~gadus