Talk:Logbook (nautical)
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Timekeeping aboard ships
editLogbooks contain entries that I presume are both dated and timed. What kind of time was used? That of the port of departure? If so, then after a week or two at sea, travelling east or west, the time on board would differ from the time of the port of arrival by anywhere up to 7 or 8 hours, as well as possibly be the wrong date (trans Pacific). Which would create erratic entries in the logbook. This problem can now be solved with a GMT setting from the radio, but before radio, did ships take noon-time sundial settings and adjust the ship's time accordingly?
This is aside from the chronometer worn by the first mate (I believe) which was used to plot the ship's position and which needed to be kept to some fixed standard in order to maintain bearings. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.15.119.52 (talk) 22:21, 20 July 2013 (UTC)
Expedition logs
editSome misguided editor added or included the following in the Dab Log book, in linking to the accompanying article "Logbook":
- or of the important events of a trip or expedition.
Dict-defs have no place on Dab pages, and the dict-defs that do belong in the intros of articles have to be limited to the scope of the respective articles, rather than exhaust the senses that might compete for the articles' titles. If you're interested in writing an article on expedition logs, it's possible that such an article would be more useful than i can imagine. So what is unwelcome in the accompanying article is mostly harmless here on the talk page, and perhaps useful to you.
--Jerzy•t 11:11, 5 October 2014 (UTC)