Old Weather Forum

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On the weather page, please enter: date, locations, distances (knots and tenths), courses, and all the weather data in the columns outlined in red in the spreadsheet.
It is not necessary to record State of the Sea.
However, ice mentioned in the weather grid should be transcribed using the magenta Sea column.

On the events page please enter: ice, location information, and sailing information.
Aurorae, volcanic, and seismic activity should be reported in the forum.
The names of US Navy and Coast Guard ships met should be noted. This gives the science team a chance to compare weather readings. You can include all ships mentioned in a single entry without a time or any additional data.
Other events are optional.

One person can do both weather and events (Stream 1), but the system also allows one person to do the weather page (Stream 1) and a second person to do the events page (Stream 3).
Unlike in OW3, where three transcriptions were required for each page, we are doing only one transcription per page.

Every transcriber needs to enter the date.
The date is used to organize the pages.

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See Manning -- General for some general background and discussion.
See Manning -- Examples for a quick introduction to transcribing or a refresher.

See the Transcribing Guide to learn how to transcribe the data.
Post in Ask Questions Here or this topic if you have questions.

OW web site: Manning

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For intermediate level transcribers

I'd like to reserve June to September.

June to September completed

It's in the queue behind Burton Island 1952, Chelan 1930 and Burton Island 1949.

That's a long queue.

I tried to make a note of whether anything interesting happened, but there was only the following:

15 Aug 1907
The ship struck an uncharted reef. This was followed by a lengthy description of signalling passing ships for help and lowering lifeboats into the water to evacuate the ship. Eventually the tide rose enough that the ship was able to slowly make its way to land for repairs.

https://catalog.archives.gov/OpaAPI/med ... 7_0234.JPG

Also I think that one of the Japanese taken into custody for unlawful seal hunting fell ill and died on board. I forgot to make a note of the date, and tried looking it up again but couldn't find it (Beginning to think I imagined it). I'm not sure what they did with the body ... there was a funeral on 7 Aug but it was for a crewmember on another ship. It's sad though, dying far away from family and friends.

sleepyowl wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:05 pm That's a long queue.

I've been doing some extra processing on all our files for Kevin. It was quite extensive and time consuming, but it's all done now. I've also been busy making little tweaks to the spreadsheets, but with 26 on the go, that takes time, too.

OMG ... that's a lot

Michael wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:59 pm

sleepyowl wrote: ↑Sun Oct 31, 2021 10:05 pm That's a long queue.

I've been doing some extra processing on all our files for Kevin. It was quite extensive and time consuming, but it's all done now. I've also been busy making little tweaks to the spreadsheets, but with 26 on the go, that takes time, too.

Only the retired are capable of such dedication to their hobbies

Hobby ?!

Obsession!!!

Calling

Sometimes I get really intrigued by these little happenings.

August 15^th

1020h: struck uncharted reef Bearings: NE end of Green Island E1/4S; left Seal island tangent NNE3/4E

First of all, I used Matteo's Anchorage Bearings tool to obtain their position: 60.37857 -147.58947







Next, I used fishing app to plot the position given by Manning. This app is handy for finding reefs, bars, rocks and etc.







Funnily enough, though, I spotted Manning Rocks! I thought, I bet these rocks were named to commemorate this grounding and, from the Dictionary of Alaska Place Names, I found this:

Manning Rocks
Rock in Prince William Sound 2 mi E of Bay of Isles off E coast of Knight I 20 mi NE of Chenega Chugach Mts

60 24 N 147 34 W BGN 1966 map 63
Var Manning Rock

Name reported in 1908 by USC & GS Named for the US Revenue Cutter Manning which struck here in 1907

Note: Their position by bearings is 1.5 miles from the rock itself. A feature of being 8.6 and 6.0 miles from their observed points, and having maps that weren't as accurate as they are now.

I love the things you can find when you dig!

The voyage for 1907 has been completed, with many thanks to Stuart, who did the first seven days, and to SleepyOwl who did the rest. You can see a plot of the voyage here and, for more detail, download the KML file and view it with Google Earth.

Thankfully for both SleeppyOwl and I, the voyage didn't last a full twelve months. Although I'm not sure, I think this voyage has the record for the most course changes!! At least 620!!! And, being from the early part of the 19^th century, all the directions were logged as points of the compass, not in degrees. Hours and hours of course changes like these:

1200h: NE Pt bearing SSE1/2E, course SxW1/2W 1245h NE Pt bearing ENE, cc WxS Noon: Position at noon : NE Pt - SSE1/2E - 4.75 miles
1328h: West tangent bearing S3/8E, cc SW1/4W
1408h: SW Pt bearing SE, cc S1/2E
1528h: SW Pt bearing NE1/2E, cc N1/2W
1610h: SW Pt bearing SE, cc NE 1640h Severnoye Pt bearing SExE5/8E, course ExN
1733h: NE Pt bearing ENE3/4E, cc WxS
1825h: tangent to West Bluff S3/8E, cc SW
1900h: tangent to West Bluff SE, cc S1/2E 1955h tangent to West Bluff NNE1/2E, cc N1/2W

"And where were all these course changes?", you might ask. Patrolling around Saint Paul and Saint George Islands.

Those plots remind me of

Rum: Truth is, I don’t know the way to the Cape of Good Hope anyway.

Blackadder: Well, what were you going to do?

Rum: Oh, what I usually do. Sail ’round and ’round the Isle of Wight ’til everyone gets dizzy. Then head for home.