Old Weather Forum

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On the weather page, please enter: date, locations, distances (knots and fathoms), courses, and all the weather data in the columns outlined in red in the spreadsheet.
However, entries such as Ebb and Flood in the knots and fathoms columns can be omitted. In this case and other cases where no distance is specified, entries in the courses steered column indicate the ship's alignment rather displacement and can also omitted.
It is not necessary to record Leeway or State of the Sea.
However, ice mentioned in the weather grid should be transcribed using the magenta State of the 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 Ashuelot — General for some general background and discussion.
See Ashuelot — 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.

OW web site: Ashuelot

Direct links:

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I will do this year.

They are at it again. Another ship has run into us.

0445hrs Steamer "Costa Roca" ran into us while attempting to run across our bow, carrying away the Stbd Cat Head and doing other slight injuries to rail.
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Well, at least now the troublemakers are not on your ship....

I still have the trouble makers onboard, AND the other ships hitting me.

What did I do wrong???

Driving on the wrong side of the road!!!

They are still at it.
20 Jan 1868, Still nailed to the quay at Shanghai as we were last time we were hit.
1345 A Chinese Junk ran afoul of the vessel carrying the Starboard gangway ladder and platform. Sent an Officer on board the Junk to make a demand for damages $15.00 and as default of payment the pilot was arrested and delivered to the US Consulate.

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Also found this site about "Double Enders"
https://uswarships.jounin.jp/sidewheel% ... nders).htm

0920 21st Jan 1868. Shanghai.

PTC ? Steamer "Aden" ? from Japan bringing the report that Admiral Bell, Luit Comdr. Reed and 10 men of the barge crew of the USS "Hartford" had been drowned while trying to cross the bar at Osaka, Japan.

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See also https://civilwar-history.fandom.com/wiki/Henry_H._Bell

pommystuart wrote: ↑Sat Dec 04, 2021 7:50 pm Admiral Bell, Luit Comdr. Reed and 10 men of the barge crew of the USS "Hartford" had been drowned while trying to cross the bar at Osaka, Japan.

There is a certain irony here given the subsequent, additional meaning of the phrase....

http://rnwa.co.uk/members/crossed-the-bar/ wrote: ‘Crossing the Bar’ is a term generally used by the military/ex-military and more specifically the Royal Navy to politely inform and advise of a person that has died.
The term is taken from a [1889] poem by Lord Alfred Tennyson as meaning to cross the “sandbar” between the tide or river of life, with its outgoing “flood,” and the ocean that lies beyond death, the “boundless deep,” to which we return. The “Pilot” being God.

Nice one Randi.

Now we are damaging ourselves.

27th Jan 1868.
0930 Received a visit of courtesy from the Viceroy of Nankiu with his suite. Saluted him with three guns when he came on board.
1030 Viceroy left the ship and was again Saluted with three guns. During the firing the Launch and 1st Cutter which were lying at the booms were badly damaged by the concussion from the guns.

I guess that comes under, "Do unto yourself what others do unto you."