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A Community Devoted to the Preservation and Practice of Celestial Navigation and Other Methods of Traditional Wayfinding
From: David Pike
Date: 2023 May 25, 00:40 -0700
Well, the Bounty??? Jigsaw didn’t bring a massive response, even though Bligh was a great lunar man. How about this? With the 17’ Doranne (bought as a 27’ TIKI comfort substitute) came the clock in the photograph, except, it’s not a real clock. It just has moveable hands and no mechanism, as you might buy for a child to learn to tell the time. I intend mounting it on the forward bulkhead under the real clock where I can see it through the cabin entrance. Her previous owner tells me it’s a ‘shooting clock’ from a trawler. It was to remind the skipper or oncoming watch what time he shot his trawl. I’m not sure whether to believe him or not. I set HW on it to remind me when it’s time to turn and head back for Brough Haven. We get about 1.5 hours either side of HW. DaveP
