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Fw: Re: traverse board.
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2005 Nov 30, 22:02 -0500
From: Henry Halboth
Date: 2005 Nov 30, 22:02 -0500
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 Huxtablewrites: > 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. >