Saturday news

By tk
Saturday, March 01, 2003

*New $22 federal permit catches anglers by surprise
-Charleston Post and Courier, 3-1-03

*Piloting is all in family
-Brunswick News, 2-28-03

*Woman injured when boat hits land
*Their property: On the waterfront: 'Live-aboards' make boats pull double duty
-Florida Time Union, 3-1-03

*Probe finds lagoon in Marineland safe for sea life
-Daytona News Journal, 3-1-03

*Timing of Navarre Beach boat ramp project could cause major problems
-Navarre Press, 3-1-03

Boxing the Compass

The Mariners Compass of 360 degrees is divided into 32 points.

To name all these points starting from due North and moving in a clockwise direction is called:

Boxing The Compass.

The compass card within a compass or the compass rose shown on a map is a circle marked off in a clockwise direction in 360 equal units (360 degrees). North is marked at 0°, east at 90°, south at 180° and west at 270°. These are called the cardinal points of the compass (cardinal meaning of first importance, fundamental). Midway between the cardinal points are the intercardinal points; being northeast at 45°, southeast at 135°, southwest at 225° and northwest at 315°. These may again be divided giving another eight points such as north-northeast and north-northwest. Compass cards and roses are normally marked with these 16 divisions clearly shown. If another 16 intermediary divisions (as was once the custom) are shown then the naming of the resulting 32 points in a clockwise order is known as “Boxing the Compass”

Direction       Symbol  Degrees
North N 0(360)
North by east N by E 11.25
North-northeast NNE 22.5
Northeast by north NE by N 33.75
Northeast NE 45
Northeast by east NE by E 56.25
East-northeast ENE 67.5
East by north E by N 78.75
East E 90
East by south  E by S 101.25
East-southeast ESE 112.5
Southeast by east SE by E 123.75
Southeast SE 135
Southeast by south SE by S 146.25
South-southeast SSE 157.5
South by east S by E 168.75
Direction       Symbol  Degrees
South S 180
South by west S by W 191.25
South-southwest SSW 202.5
Southwest by south SW by S 213.75
Southwest SW 225
Southwest by west SW by W 236.25
West-southwest WSW 247.5
West by south W by S 258.75
West W 270
West by north W by N 281.25
West-northwest WNW 292.5
Northwest by west NW by W 303.75
Northwest NW 315
Northwest by north NW by N 326.25
North-northwest NNW 337.5
North by west N by W 348.75