(06-12-2018, 12:29 PM)P.Rutherford Wrote: As an example, think of the navigators onboard ships in the 1700's, 1800's and up to the mid 1960's who had no education or at best a high school education. They did CN and were successful in position finding.
Paul
Hi Paul
I watched a History channel documentary yesterday about the great sailing ships, Cutty Sark, Star of India, and the like... those 3 to 5 masted ships that plied the trade routes. They talked about the comforts of some of the captains who sometimes brought their families aboard. They said that sometimes the wives would take over the documentation and navigation responsibilities... Its really a nice documentary with lots of old and new video of windjammers.. They even made some enlightening comparisons between steamers and windjammers. Makes me wish I was born in an earlier era. I believe even Slocum had his wife with him on some of his commercial trips... I tried to get into the marine industry but it seemed that you had to be related to someone to get a job... nepotism. By the time I came around the days of cabin boys, pressing, and Shang-hi were long gone. I joined the Navy but I never really considered aircraft carriers much of a sailing challenge.... It was like living in a big city that sometimes listed.
Enjoy.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOc0w7dR_dM
joe