Old Weather Forum

I need suggestions on how to handle the wind force at 6, 7, 8, and 10 AM.
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The first three look like 3 1/4 and the last one like 6 1/2. The three options I come up with are type what I see, transcribe with a decimal, or transcribe them as ranges (3-4 and 6-7). Or should I just round them to the nearest whole number? As Michael mentioned in another post, the wind force numbers are not all that accurate anyway.

The one at 8 looks like he has a hook on the slash, so I would say all the other things that look like ^./ are just slashes. So, 3-4s and 6-2.

I guess typing what I see wouldn't be an option because of the space before the fraction.

Okay, I'll transcribe them as ranges.

This log keeper sometimes enters 1s with a hook like that, so that could be right about them being slashes. It makes more sense than for them to be fractions.

The event section says clear and pleasant with passing squalls around 10 AM. So a range 6-2 could make sense.

I would agree that the entries are hooked slashes, as I can see EXTREMELY faint pen marks.
Better keep this oddity in mind, as I will be joining the Shenandoah soon!

In 1868 the Shenandoah had just one log keeper for the first half the year (with the most beautiful handwriting) and a different one for the remainder. However, in 1872 they seem to get a new log keeper every few days, each with their own idiosyncrasies. So I've been seeing all sorts of oddities that have been new to me.

I wondered whether anyone would be joining me on Shenandoah. Welcome aboard Chris.

ggordon wrote: ↑Fri Nov 25, 2022 3:03 am I wondered whether anyone would be joining me on Shenandoah. Welcome aboard Chris.

Not yet, still got 1.5 months on the Kearsarge - but thanks!

Lisbon, Portugal



October 8, 1:20 PM

Captain C. H. Wells, placed under arrest by the Commander in Chief, turned over the Command of the
ship to Lt. Commdr F.G. Higgesson, the Executive officer of the ship.

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October 9, 4:30 PM

Captain Wells was released from arrest by order of Rear Admiral James Alden and assumed Command of the ship.

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I couldn't find any mention of the incident...
http://www.famousamericans.net/clarkhenrywells/

Looks like Officer Politics.

October (Part 1) is complete. Starting a new log book.

The Shenandoah sailed from Brest, France to Lisbon, Portugal.

October 19

3PM

Manned yards & fired a salute of seven (7) guns, Portuguese flag at the Main in honor of the King of
Portugals visit to the fleet.

5PM

The King of Portugal left the flagship Manned yards and fired a salute

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The King of Portugal left the flagship Manned yards and fired a salute

For a second, I thought the King had manned the yards and fired the salute himself!

It would have helped if the log keeper had put a period at the end of the first sentence. I just transcribed what I saw.

Type What You See is correct

(though now there are exceptions for efficiency)