Old Weather Forum

Welcome desk
If you are totally at sea about something you found in a log, this is the place ask about it!

Weather, sea, and ice terminology
Help for working out weather codes in the logs and explanations for some of the terms used

Geographical help
Tools for finding the names of towns, bays, points, islands, lighthouses and other landmarks
Moderator: Matteo

People's names, ranks & rates, uniforms & badges
Help for finding names and positions of officers, crew members, and other people mentioned in the logbooks

Ships' names
Help for finding the names of ships mentioned in the logbooks

Nautical, military, and whaling terminology
You will be learning a whole new vocabulary. Here you will find information and sources discovered by transcribers.

Abbreviations and symbols (non-weather)
Everything from AB to ZZ from the ships' logs

The voyages, the work, the people, the places
Life and death at sea and in the Arctic