dividers

[mnm]

Hello all,
following a recent surge of interest in the boating world I have signed up for an online day skipper course as a prelude to taking the practical in April. Among the collection of books and pamphlets that I recieved was a pair of dividers.After playing with the dividers for a while I discovered 2 things:
1 they have very sharp ends
2 you can move your feet very quickly when they drop off the table.
Are these things used at sea? If so is it important to stow the first aid kit close to the nav. table?

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[sailorman]

yes they r used but i prefer the one-handed type

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[LadyInBed]

The device that separates the men from the boys.

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[rich]

I few years ago I was delivering a motor boat from Penarth to Jersey- it was a rough trip. I was sitting at the dinette table which was next to the helm when a wave sent me flying across the boat with the dividers in my hand. The long points went right into the helm seat right under my mates backside./forums/images/icons/shocked.gif

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[bluejuice]

yes very sharp and a deadly weapon, if you try to go on plane with them. about 10 mouths ago on the way to palma airport and going through the usual customs checks they took mine off me grrr problay obvious to everyone one that would happen but i am still annoyed to this day

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[mikesharp]

Yes they are the best bit of kit for chart work distances etc. Much better then parallel rulers or those strange rolling things. Get a cork to stick the pointy ends in and recycled upside down shampoo bottles with the bottom cut off can make a real 'blue Peter' gadget to keep them in.


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[Guest]

They come in short, long, single-hand use variety etc.

My advise is to blunt the end a bit - to stop you stabbing the chart as well when boat is moving about !!!!

I have 2 sets on my boat, don't ask me why !!!! You can actually use a piece of paper or ruler for measuring on a chart, but dividers are much easier !!!

I keep a box of band-aids near mine !!


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[Guest]

Sorry but how ??

How do Dividers replace parrellel rulers ??? They are for totally different uses .... one measures distance and arcs, the other is for ...... guess what Parrellel lines or walking across the chart to draw a course line / determine course from compass rose etc.


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[Guest]

Bloody airports ...

Lost my personal tiny Swiss Army knife ...the little key-ring one same way ..... GRRRRRRRRR ! Watched the guy throw it in the bin ..... I even offered to pay the postage back home for it ......


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[Peppermint]

Re: Called off watch one nasty night

to witness a bizzar happening.

We'd had a bit of excitement as we'd fell off a wave.

The dividers had jumped of the chart table and embedded themselves in the deck head. Took a bit of effort to get them out too.

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[snowleopard]

dividers can replace parallel rules...

the most common bit of chartwork these days is plotting lat and long to transfer positions to the gps. it's much easier to measure the distance from the point to the nearest horizontal/vertical line with dividers then step it off along the scale at the edge than to use parallel rules for the job.

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