Plotting

Watch seemed really busy because I kept taking Dutchman readings and plotting points on the chart.

To find out where you are you have to know how many knots you’re going. To take a Dutchman you throw something over like cardboard and time it from bow to stern or use a chip log. Multiply the seconds by 3 and line up a few things on a dial to find the knots. Then you have to do some other calculations based on what direction you’ve been steering for the past hour, each compass point corresponds with a number. True Virgins Make Dull Company or Time Variation Magnetic Deviation Compass.

There was also a pigeon found on B watch and on C watch Masie named it Julio. At the end of our watch another pigeon arrived and we named it Me, Julio and Me. We also kept an eye out for a tower that we knew me might be close enough to see, when we spotted it more readings were taken, visually, radar and celestial.