Recent content by Seagull

I just read through Harari's latest book, Nexus...which has put me in a condition of a sort of concern for the future world and the folk who live in it.. Though, statistically speaking, there's little chance of my being there to see it and, that leaves me believing that those who do grow up and...

On the other hand, one could just apply current longitude ,(in time), to the daily equation of time..and then you would have an absolute time of Transit of the Meridian. This would be either due North or due South, depending on hemisphere...and your hour hand is calibrated. But, on yet another...

Cheers, Bearbait...for raising the Analemma diagram...a really interesting bit of kit, and still being talked about on various Cel-Nav sites. Regards all Ceeg

Do be careful with that unsharpened blob of the cutting edge near the handle. Tto remove it will certainly leave you with a blade that does not stay in-line, because there's no effective means of the blade bearing on to the locking collar...... Don't ask me how I know. Regards all Ceeg

I've two genuine Hirbawi kufiya, the Black and White and the Royal, they're very good for warmth and comfort when used as a scarf and, also dapper to wear, though those extra long tassels can be a pain in the proverbial...forever getting caught up in jacket zips, or fouling my bino straps...

looks like you've included meta data Ceeg

I would comment on your post, Oz However long it has been since your last dabble, the process is the same...as is the satisfaction of a result just as valid as ever it was....more so, in that any land based Observers can easily check their accuracy offset and compare it against known data...

I retired from the Sea, many moons past and, I continue to take observations of the celestial bodies using a home-made artificial horizon. Using real instruments which have served me very well and re-playing, once more, the necessary techniques, it is possible to ascertain a position line...

I don't actually know where tha sail came from, was something similar to a high gaffs'l used on Humber sloops, though only 75% their area and much much sturdier built. Certainly a real handful of a job. Come the heritage week, it was far and away too stormy to hoist it, so I never saw it in...

Yes indeed I do and I've two gadgets, depending on the job in hand. Recently did some mods on a sail foot, re-roping and adding more reinforcing patches. If you use multiple threads, especially those well waxed, there is quite a bit of extra friction to overcome when drawing the thread...

Think it is likely a "rubber" used in canvas work, but not really a tool for rubbing down an edge fold, for which the wedge-shaped rubber is ideal. The item in question is a ringer for what I use specifically to flatted down the edges of a round seam. I also find it handy for burnishing a...

Up at Glen Park, Filey, spotted a grey squig perched on the entry port of one of those large rectangular waste bins. The insoucient, apparently world weary, but charming little blighter, all but leaning on one elbow and inspecting his finger nails. So clearly , cheekily at ease with life , he...

You wouldn't think that Spring was here, at all....far too many, dismal-looking folk wearing rain hats and wellies. Can't do anything in the garden, patchy grass already 15 cms tall. Shrubs all yet to be cut back Muddy earth, is like the bottom of a WW1 trench. Dreich all around, so it is...

'Just trying to be helpful here.... I sure it would be helpful to others, if you mentioned wether you have previous Archery experience. Traditional, what exactly..traditional Asiatic, N.American, European , or good old English. Regards All Ceeg

Well done on the Trystick, very swish indeed. I just may look for a bit of 'suitable' while dog walking. Years and years since I last did one. Regards All Ceeg