DrWatson 372 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Just idly sitting around musing about things learnt and things forgotten, then I wondered if we might start a daily quiz? Now, I know that some of you will wonder why anyone WOULDN'T know what X or Y is or how to do A, B and C while smoking a pipe, splicing a shroud and fighting off a swarm of flying sharks, but the folk who frequent this forum are many and varied, and there is an equally varied amount of experience and knowledge. Bringing that knowledge into the open and sharing it around can only be good, no? I for one, know that I'm not the most learned or even close to it in terms of things nautical and the opportunity to learn stuff, pretty much any stuff, is something I find pretty cool. So let's see how this goes.... What would (could) you do with this? You'll have to imagine it's about two feet long and the pieces intercept at 90°.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
zk-cessnaguy 1 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Cross Staff? Was going to say 'staff thingy used for measuring angles and as an early form of sextant' but then i did a google cross-check. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DrWatson 372 Posted July 19, 2016 Author Share Posted July 19, 2016 Indeed, So has anyone used one and to what level of accuracy can you determine an angle? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,579 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Never used one, but if you like that kind of thing I can't recommend David Lewis' We, the Navigators highly enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vorpal Blade 89 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 What would (could) you do with this? You'll have to imagine it's about two feet long and the pieces intercept at 90°.... How about crucifying midgets? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RushMan 31 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Make a kite Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Black Panther 1,579 Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aklsailor 1 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Crucify someone Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clive 13 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 Na ... it's a light Sabre! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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