. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. g, lead line, aneroidbarometer, clock, and the necessarycharts of the sea which it is proposedto navigate. In a small cruiser a compass is gen-erally carried in a portable steering by it take care that thelubbers point is in a direct line withthe keel or stem and sternpost. For thebenefit of the uninitiated, I will explainthat the lubbers point is the black ver-tical line in the foreside of the compassbowl, by which the direction of the ves-sels head is determined. A misplacedlubbers point is sure to cause graveerrors in the course actuall
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. g, lead line, aneroidbarometer, clock, and the necessarycharts of the sea which it is proposedto navigate. In a small cruiser a compass is gen-erally carried in a portable steering by it take care that thelubbers point is in a direct line withthe keel or stem and sternpost. For thebenefit of the uninitiated, I will explainthat the lubbers point is the black ver-tical line in the foreside of the compassbowl, by which the direction of the ves-sels head is determined. A misplacedlubbers point is sure to cause graveerrors in the course actually made. Thecompass should be as far removed aspossible from ironwork of any kind. Aspirit compass, as I have remarkedelsewhere, is the only kind suitable forsmall craft. Those with cards of hard THE COMPASS, 198 enamel, floating in un diluted alcohol,which renders freezing impossible, arethe best. The amateur boat s ailer shouldbecome familiar with the compass, beable to box it by both points and de-grees, and to name its back The points of the compass are thirty-two in number, as follows : North South-East by E. North by East South-EastNorth, North-EastSouth-East by by N. South, South by East North-East by E. SouthEast, North- East South by WestEast by North South, South- South-West by S. East by South South-WestEast, South-East South-West by W West, South-W. West by South West West by North West, North-West North-Westby W. North-West North-West by W. North, North-W. North by West North These points are sub-divided intoquarter points, and again into table given on pages 142-143 showsthe angles which every point and quar-ter point of the compa^sS naa,k:Q5 with themeridian: 194 BOAT SAILING. o < Q< rflA < O Ph CQk If}<P^ Oo o g< I W W W W W ^* c/} 4-» X r^ ^* m in W W o . c/} m in c/^ :/} xsi m in o ^ ^* ^ ^ ^ i^* :^* ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ .^ ^ -^Cni-l TtCOM T^r-iM ^r^M O oo r^o vn en w i-i o co r^o u-) m c^ m MMM
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