Old Weather Forum

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On the weather page, please enter: date, locations, distances (nautical miles 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 Kearsarge: general for some general background and discussion.
See Kearsarge: examples for a quick introduction to transcribing or a refresher.

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

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Starting now.

One lot of visitors left on Saturday, the next lot arrives in a few short hours and will be here until Saturday. Once they're gone, maybe I will be able to work on some of these voyages that you've finished: Burton 54, Atalanta and Kearsarge 88, before you get this one transcribed.

Visitors are good to have, It shows someone cares.

Or they want a free place to stay with free food and hot water in the shower.

Well, there is that as well.

Arr Montevideo, Uruguay.
28 Jan 1889
27 men and 18 apprentices transferred to USS Alliance. Why ???
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("Looks like the did NOT want a free place to stay with free food and hot water in the shower.")

Maybe because the Captain has now started publishing the punishment lists for the month and they did not like their names in print???
Januarys got a long list.
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More crew movements in/out 31st Jan
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Crossed the line at Noon today. Showed 0,0,0

Good navigating!

1900 Observed a lunar rainbow extending from East to West across the Northern sky.

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Very cool!!!

First time I have seen this set of lights

2200 Lowered mast head light and hoisted three red lights in place to indicate ship not under control.

Wind was only 5-8

I remember reading about a signal for a 'ship not under control', but it is a bit of a shock when it happens to one of our ships.

A bit rougher next day 7-9

Looks like the image camera has a couple of stuck pixels.
For some time there has been a pink dot in the area between 0-4 and 4-8 event blocks and the last line of 8-mer on this example page.

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I think it's lipstick on your monitor. I have the image for April 10^th up and I see nothing.

It took me a bit to find it, and I would call it more cream than pink, but it is there.

Last line of 8am to Merid, look above the i in
insolence to Superior officer

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I see them in the same places on the next events page.