NavList:

Recent posts on The Charles W. Morgan got me to wondering what an average day at sea looked like for ships of that time period. I assume that Whaling ships did not have the same daily routine as a naval vessel of the time period (I could be wrong).

My 1939 Bowditch describes the following activities:
1. morning star sights.
2. morning sun line.
3. azimuth for compass error from a morning observation.
4. noon sights.
5. afternoon sun line.
6. evening star sights.
7. throw in winding the chronometers.

Does anyone know or have a good reference for what they would have been doing in 1841 when the Morgan was launched?

Ex-meridians, time sights and noon sights? What did a day at sea look like for the Morgan? Was it much different for a Naval Vessel of the same time period?

Thanks

Doug
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