Shipyard page. Example transcription, general questions and answers

Post by **arboggs** » Tue May 31, 2022 8:03 pm

Welcome on board the Belvedere, on voyage from the 1st February 1885 to 23rd November 1890

Here you will find an example transcription of details
This is also a place to ask questions and request help with oddities in the log
You can bring the ship to life by sharing interesting finds from the log pages and other information about the ship

General help with marking and transcribing whaling logs
Weather and ice records from the whaling ships of the USA which contains the following 'must read' topics...

Tip: use ctrl+Pgup or ctrl+PgDn to quickly swap between the different worksheets as you move through start, primary, weather, and remarks worksheets to record your findings

Treasure trove of information in the Library
Over the years this forum has accumulated a broad spectrum of detailed information which is kept in the Library
Please do take time to visit the Library because it will afford you a great deal of help. However, do feel welcome to ask questions at any time.

Help with images

If you want to query some text please supply the page reference (the reference changes as you view the middle of a page), and an image of the text if you wish. Help for manipulating/posting images can be found in Posting Links and Images (A Guide). If you have any problems with imaging this is the board to post that question.
Many pages in this logbook have very light ink and are difficult to read. Pages can be adjusted through the archive settings in order to make them more visible. To access Archive Settings, find the icon of a circle with three dots located in the upper left hand corner of the page (as seen below on the left). Then select the half-filled circle icon to access the Visual Adjustments menu (as seen below on the right). From here, you can adjust the image to make it more legible by adjusting contrast or brightness, inverting the colors, or converting to grayscale. Also, every page can be zoomed in or out.
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If you would prefer a HotKey method, Michael has created a AutoHotKey for editing the images.

Code: Select all

#NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn  ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
; SendMode Input  ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.

;  This script gets the URL for the current ship image and advances it to the other
;  side of the log or to the image for the next day and displays that image.

;  Author: M. A. Purves    11 Mar 2017
;  Updates:
;          M. A. Purves    

SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
SetTitleMatchMode, 2

!8::                        ; Enhance an image
   Window2 := "IrfanView"
   GoSub Check_Window
   if (! OK)
      Return
   Send +G
   Sleep 200
   Send {TAB}
   Sleep 50
   Send {TAB}
   Sleep 50
   Send {TAB}
   Sleep 50
   Send {TAB}
   Sleep 50
   Send {TAB}
   Sleep 200
   Send 0.4{Enter}
   Sleep 200
   Send ^g
Return

Check_Window:
   WinGetActiveTitle, Title
   if (Title = Window OR InStr(Title, Window2) OR InStr(Title, NameZ))
      {
      OK := 1
   } else {
      MsgBox, This is %Title% not %Window%
      OK := 0
   }
   Window2 := "XXXX"
Return

To find the shipyard pages for other whalers
Link: Find your ship, & the full list of ships logbooks for OWW

Select 'view single page':
When the log book image opens you will see two pages. It is easier to read the details accessing one page at a time. Use the icons at the bottom of the screen:

You can walk through Beluga's log pages in chronological order. All you have to do is increment the number at the end of the link: page/2, page/3, page/4 etc.

The following example page covers the 1st to 5th of February 1885
Right click the image and select 'open in new tab' to be able to enlarge the image.

Here is a transcription of the above log page.

Simple transcription	Phrases of text bracketed
Sunday Feb 1st 1885 With Fresh Trades vessel steering into the S.S.W. about 3 PM Mr Foster raised spm Whales going into the SW lowered all the Boats. Bow Boat struck and lost line the Whales went to windward came onboard and worked to windward coiled new lines Lat 00-50 N Long 113-30 W	Sunday Feb 1st 1885 [With Fresh Trades] vessel [steering into the S.S.W.] [about 3 PM Mr Foster raised spm Whales] [going into the SW] [lowered all the Boats.] [Bow Boat struck and lost line the Whales went to windward] [came onboard] [and worked to windward] [coiled new lines] [Lat 00-50 N Long 113-30 W]
Monday 2nd With Strong Trades vessel working to windward saw nothing so ends	Monday 2nd [With Strong Trades] [vessel working to windward] [saw nothing so ends]
Tuesday 3rd With Strong Trades vessel working to windward saw nothing so ends	Tuesday 3rd [With Strong Trades] [vessel working to windward] [saw nothing so ends]
Wednesday 4th With moderate breezes and clear weather vessel Steering into the SW employed repairing sail also made some spunyarn Lat 00-21 Long 115-39	Wednesday 4th [With moderate breezes and clear weather] [vessel Steering into the SW] [employed repairing sail also made some spunyarn] [Lat 00-21 Long 115-39]
Thursday 5th Moderate vessel steering into the SSW employed repairing sails and makeing spunyarn Lat 1-37 S Long 116-06 W	Thursday 5th [Moderate] [vessel steering into the SSW] [employed repairing sails and makeing spunyarn] [Lat 1-37 S Long 116-06 W]

Start worksheet (top section)
If you discover any metadata in the logbook please enter it on this page. Metadata means 'data about data', barometer readings or temperature readings. See under 'Weather' at rows 32 and 33. For example, if you see that the temperature is in Celsius or Centigrade, that fact should be transcribed as metadata. This ship log works in Civil time (see notation on Start sheet of workbook): Sunday February 1st 1885:
[...] steering into the S.S.W. about 3 PM [...]

Click on the worksheet images below to see them at full size.

Start worksheet

Primary worksheet

Weather worksheet

Remarks worksheet

The ship is working on civil time:
[...] steering into the S.S.W. about 3 PM [...]
https://archive.org/details/logbookofbe ... 6/mode/1up

Here's a link back to the list of Belvedere logbook sections for transcribing Log Pages for Transcribing - apply here!

Warning: AUTOFILL function between worksheets.
Do not drag and drop the date or time on any of the worksheets because you may disrupt the autofill function.
If you are unsure that the autofill is in proper order you can check by pressing two keys on your keyboard.
You are certainly welcome to ask for help with this action.

The remainder of this topic is for you. Ask questions and share interesting discoveries with us to make these logs live.