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The centre will bear more nearly eight points from the direction of the lower clouds than from the surface wind. " [58] I I WIND AND WEATHER The law given on the preceding page is named after C. H. D. Buys Ballott, a Dutch meteorologist. It was an- nounced in a paper published in the Comptes rendus in 1857. Two American writers on the Winds, J. H. Coffin -and William Ferrell, had however earlier found the law to hold. While most of us study storms from a window at home and are not called upon t...o handle a ship in a storm, yet it may not be out of place to include here the diagram of the winds in an ideal storm and give the rules for maneuvering. See Figure 12. The Winds in an Ideal- ized Storm. The rules apply only to storms in the northern hemisphere. "Right or dangerous semicircle, Steam- ers: Bring the wind on the starboard bow, make as much way as possible, and if obliged to heave-to, do so head to sea. [61] WIND AND WEATHER Sailing vessels: Keep close-hauled on the starboard tack, make as much way as possible, and if obliged to heave-to, do so on the starboard tack.
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