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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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I am starting this one now.
16th Jan 1968.

At 1PM the command of the US Steamer "Kearsarge"; was conveyed to Commander James. S. Thornton; the Colors and Pennant being hoisted, she was places in commission.
The orders from the Navy Department placing Commander Thornton in command of the vessel, was read upon the quarter deck by Lt. Com'er McCook in presence of all officers attached to this vessel.

Gee it gets cold in Boston.
0400 32
0500 12
0800 8
1600 5
2400 0

And they cannot sail either.
Not even set sail and we were hit by another vessel. A schooner tried to cross the bar, it failed and hit us. We lost the Dolphin striker and chain Whisker jumpers.

DOLPHIN-STRIKER. A short perpendicular gaff spar, under the bowsprit-end, for guying down the jib-boom, of which indeed it is the chief support, by means of the martingales.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin_striker

WHISKERS. Two booms, half-yards, or iron spars projecting on each side before the cat-heads; they are for spreading the guys of the jib-boom, instead of having a spritsail-yard across. In many vessels the sprit-sail (then termed spread-yard) is lashed across the forecastle so as to rest before the cat-heads on the gunwale, and the guys rove through holes bored in it, and set up in the fore-channels.

When I went to Germany, I had to take a Defensive Driving course. Part of the course included a section on Defensive Parking. I think you need to take those two courses.

According to my mom, living in Germany has made her better at parking than any of her relatives in the US, especially parallel parking!

Before I went to Germany, I lived in small town New Brunswick for three years.I think there was one traffic light in that town. Once a year we had to go to Montreal to see in-laws. I hated driving in Montreal. Drivers were aggressive, they sped, and they left hardly any room between them and the car in front of them. Changing lanes was almost impossible. When we returned from Germany, we had to go to Montreal again. We had a brand new car, and we were in Montreal at 5:00 PM rush-hour. I couldn't believe how easy driving in Montreal was! All the drivers were so polite, they didn't speed, and changing lanes was easy because the drivers there often left as much as half a car length between them and the car in front of them. It's amazing now much they changed in three years!

And then Michael you woke up.

Well that was a nice leisurely cruise, none stop Boston (Dept Feb 12th) to Rio de Janeiro (Arr Mar 28th) and its warmer as well.

Second day in Reo

0530 Called away the dingey & instead of the proper crew the following named men lowered her & deserted from the ship.
[People named]
Sent a boat & brought back the dingey but did not recover any of the deserters.

That should sound familiar

Yes it does, and more are classed as deserters over the next few days that I have done.
Today the ship paid out $20 for the apprehension and delivery of one crew member (that's about $400 in todays money)
I guess he will be paying that off for a while.

We are now going from Rio de Janerio to Valparaiso.
I think the only way is down and up. Lets hope lunch does not go down and back up.

Stopped off in Montevideo and it took 6 days for the first lot to jump ship. That is a record, they usually only wait a day or so.

Is it your mandatory vaccine policy, maybe???

None of the crew are from Croatia I will serve that one back to you for your comment.