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Re: square protractors, Titanic
From: Aubrey O´Callaghan
Date: 1999 Aug 16, 8:26 AM
From: Aubrey O´Callaghan
Date: 1999 Aug 16, 8:26 AM
> > >There was one curious thing I noticed in that movie. The officer of >the deck orders "hard a-starboard", the helmsman turns the wheel >counterclockwise in response to the command, and the head of the ship >moves to port. Is all that correct? I remember reading about this somewhere. Apparently ships in that period had the cable attached such that one turned the the wheel to port to go for the ship to go to the right. Perhaps one of the Master Mariners in this group might be able to confirm. Another snippet of information, apparently when you ask the helmsman (helmsperson !) to turn 10 degrees, one should say "right 10 degrees" and not "starboard 10 degrees". Port and starboard only refer to the sides of a vessel. Aubrey. ================================================================= Aubrey O'Callaghan Wandrin' Star of Dart Rival 38 Contact: Venezuela, Puerto La Cruz 014 210 4625
