What’s the Point of a Compass?
The magnetic compass has developed, not as quickly as one might think, over the last seven or eight centuries. Mariners have been navigating the seas out of sight of land for much longer than this: directions had to be based on the bearings of the Sun and stars although local use could be made of …
Bloody Point at Shotley Spit
Deben and Orwell have Bloody Pint – King Alfred vs the Danes – Martellos – Stone Heaps
Broke Hall on the Orwell : Captain Philip Broke
Broke Hall – Broke family – Sea Fencibles – HMS Shannon – USS Chesapeake – Wickham Mill – Carronade – Gunnery
Collision Regulations
Great Britain has led the World in many things, mostly good: maritime safety is but one example. Before the mid nineteenth century, local …
Sailing data – local
Basic weather and real time data for local sailing.