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Cone of Silence: - plastic roll-down curtain to protect nav table /instruments from water
Consultation: - a regular engagement with alcohol. Berri’s first voyage could have been described as a Consultation with a bit of a sail round it. As Corrie does not drink alcohol on board (see A Day in the Life of ; log, 19th April) this voyage will be different and Alex will Consult in Solitude with medicinal partners Drs. Pete, Steve or Jasper
Cordon Berri:- over the course of this voyage some truly world-beating recipes will be created in Berri’s galley, by the army of chefs at the crew’s beck and call. On the last trip there was a Gust called Marcus who was re-creating Cordon Berri, I think in his café. History does not record whether he remained in business
To participate in some life-changing dining experiences try the following delights:
Veg au Beurre à la Boot Room Cinq Etoiles
Home-grown pumpkin with carrots, onion, red cabbage, spuds lightly boiled with lots of bacon, then drained and given a bit of oil and heat and served with melted olive oil marg and parmesan. Eat the remains for brekkie. Log, 19th April
CYCA: - Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
Coriolis Force: explanation from mjc in the Gust Book…
..”thinking Coriolis force. An object at the equator (0 North) 166E has a speed (rotational) that equals earths circumference divided by 24 hours (circumference = 2 x Pi x earths radius)
At 45N the circumference = 2 x Pi x earth radius x 0.707.
(0.707 is as you know the trig relationship at 45 degrees)
So an object at 45 N has a slower rotational speed.
If an object moves north along 166E (ignore friction) then relative to its surroundings it will have an increasingly greater roational speed and will therefore drift eastwards. Conversely an object at 45N moving south will drift westwards. That is why high pressure zones in atmosphere go clokwise in Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise in Southern. This is an example of the Coriolis force which is an imaginary force.
You can do the thought experiment for the oceans. It applies.
Alex’s explanation:
On shaky ground here, but ponder this, if you will. Seems to me that we are working our way across an immense body of water that appears to be moving westwards. What perhaps is closer to what is really happening is that the body of water is trying to stand still while the earth rotates underneath it, leaving the water lagging behind and giving the impression to a little boat on its surface that the water is moving to the west. So tiny Berri is trying to keep up with mother earth, while tangled in mother earth's skirts all flowing backwards because inertia and low viscosity 'unstick' them from the base rotation. And that has to be the silliest attempt to explain coriolis that I've ever read.
Cwampet: Corrie’s new word for cold/wet/damp. Corrie said,” maybe its time I invented a whole new language- soon everyone will be carrying round a copy of the OCD, corrish to english version. (Oxford Corrish Dictionary)
Consultation: - a regular engagement with alcohol. Berri’s first voyage could have been described as a Consultation with a bit of a sail round it. As Corrie does not drink alcohol on board (see A Day in the Life of ; log, 19th April) this voyage will be different and Alex will Consult in Solitude with medicinal partners Drs. Pete, Steve or Jasper
Cordon Berri:- over the course of this voyage some truly world-beating recipes will be created in Berri’s galley, by the army of chefs at the crew’s beck and call. On the last trip there was a Gust called Marcus who was re-creating Cordon Berri, I think in his café. History does not record whether he remained in business
To participate in some life-changing dining experiences try the following delights:
Veg au Beurre à la Boot Room Cinq Etoiles
Home-grown pumpkin with carrots, onion, red cabbage, spuds lightly boiled with lots of bacon, then drained and given a bit of oil and heat and served with melted olive oil marg and parmesan. Eat the remains for brekkie. Log, 19th April
CYCA: - Cruising Yacht Club of Australia
Coriolis Force: explanation from mjc in the Gust Book…
..”thinking Coriolis force. An object at the equator (0 North) 166E has a speed (rotational) that equals earths circumference divided by 24 hours (circumference = 2 x Pi x earths radius)
At 45N the circumference = 2 x Pi x earth radius x 0.707.
(0.707 is as you know the trig relationship at 45 degrees)
So an object at 45 N has a slower rotational speed.
If an object moves north along 166E (ignore friction) then relative to its surroundings it will have an increasingly greater roational speed and will therefore drift eastwards. Conversely an object at 45N moving south will drift westwards. That is why high pressure zones in atmosphere go clokwise in Northern Hemisphere and anticlockwise in Southern. This is an example of the Coriolis force which is an imaginary force.
You can do the thought experiment for the oceans. It applies.
Alex’s explanation:
On shaky ground here, but ponder this, if you will. Seems to me that we are working our way across an immense body of water that appears to be moving westwards. What perhaps is closer to what is really happening is that the body of water is trying to stand still while the earth rotates underneath it, leaving the water lagging behind and giving the impression to a little boat on its surface that the water is moving to the west. So tiny Berri is trying to keep up with mother earth, while tangled in mother earth's skirts all flowing backwards because inertia and low viscosity 'unstick' them from the base rotation. And that has to be the silliest attempt to explain coriolis that I've ever read.
Cwampet: Corrie’s new word for cold/wet/damp. Corrie said,” maybe its time I invented a whole new language- soon everyone will be carrying round a copy of the OCD, corrish to english version. (Oxford Corrish Dictionary)