Old Weather Forum

Below are sample transcriptions with a few basic notes.
For a detailed explanation, see Transcribing Guide.

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Example 1: In port


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The first time you open the spreadsheet in LibreOffice, it may look something like this.

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You can adjust the grid alignment. It does not have to be exact!

Entering the noon location.

It does not matter exactly where you click provided that it is in the blue box.

Completed weather page: Date, Weather, and Location.

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As is usually the case when the ship in in port, there is nothing on the events page that needs to be transcribed.

Example 2: Leaving port

Weather page


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Entering the noon location.

It does not matter exactly where you click provided that it is in the blue box.

Entering the 8pm location.


Completed weather page: Date, Course and Direction, Weather, and Locations.


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• Nautical miles and Tenths are transcribed as a single number using a decimal point.
• Since the Nautical miles and Tenths columns have been filled in, there is no need to transcribe the Log column.
• You do not need to transcribe Sea Conditions or Swells from.
  Those columns are included to because they sometimes contain ice reports.

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Events page


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Entering the Sailing Information:













Completed events page

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