LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION
Well I can .sec some of you will have to Icarn the points, of the compass if you are to be real sailors. 1 only received a .few answers to this competition and strange to say only one of them was right. The one right answer was «cnt in by Mark Dainton. Congratulations sailor. Call and collect your ticket at the Beacon Office. The points of. the compass in their order are , as follows: — N. NbE. NNE. NEbN. NE. NEbE. ENE. EbN. E. Ebs. ESE. SEbE. SE. Sl-;bS. SSE. SbE. S. SbW. SSW. SWbS. SW. SWbW. WSW. AVbS. W. WbN. WNVV. NWbW. NW. NWbN. NNW. NbW. The easiest way to remember them is that the first' point after North is a 'by-word' point (N by E), the second a 'three-word' poir. t. (NNE) the third a 'by-word' point (NEbN), and the fourth (you all should know il) NE.* This srquen-ee of a 'byword' point followed by a 'threeword' point carries on right round the compass. Naming all of the points of the, compass in their order is. called 'boxing the compass.'
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 98, 11 August 1944, Page 6
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184LAST WEEK'S COMPETITION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 7, Issue 98, 11 August 1944, Page 6
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