The superstitions of sailors
Sailors, that other people predict the weather on the behavior of various species of birds and animals, but they go a bit 'over the rest of humanity by the de facto control over the elements of these creatures. The old sailor, has accused his colleagues for the shooting of the albatross "The impact caused by the wind." We are grateful to the sailors of the ancient belief that a kingfisher fate of deep time, if calm prevails"Happy Days" at the time of the winter solstice. Old salts in the presence of a cat on board, because they are "a hurricane with his tail." Ministers are unpopular.
The sailors have not been stopped by a whistle of wind, although the practice is less common than it was a century ago. Basil Hall, writing in 1811 by a calm lake, said: "You have to believe that the ship was planted in a grove of trees, those were the Pied Piper." Scratch pole is another superstitionMethod, not yet extinct, the increase in an instant. Some authorities say nautical miles, the capture of this process should be chosen to write one without.
Yet another gathering process is a blade of the wind in the Polo Club, was struck with the handle in the wind direction. At sea, there are two different systems to describe the wind direction, while only one in the country. The usual procedure of the sea and the beach is the point of the compass nameshots, but in nine out of ten sailors, instead of pointing its direction from the ship "downwind" or "Bar Harbor", and so on.
wind power in the country is usually measured in miles per hour (or meters per second, outside the Anglo-Saxon) said. The sailors from around the world use the Beaufort scale, which is 13 degrees, from 0 (calm) to 12 (hurricane). The estimate of the wind in this statementshould take into account the movement of the ship, and the accuracy is achieved only through long practice. The appearance of the surface of the sea, is of great help in this process.
A result of the substitution of steam for navigation is that the fog has become a much more serious threat to navigation, as it was two or three generations. In fog, generally light winds. Therefore, the sail will automatically slow down when they enter a fog, and when the candles are universal in collisionThe fog is very rare. A boat has no natural limits.
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