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Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to Build and Use 18 Traditional
Navigational Instruments

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Dennis Fisher




A traverse board is one of the projects in this book.

Carl Herzog



George Huxtable wrote:

> 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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Carl Herzog
Editor, Reed's Nautical Almanacs
Providence, RI
401-454-8300

   

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