Glorious chapter. The joy of flight and the horror of war. I kind of expected a little more fanfare when the ship took off, but I did love the camera novelty. And I'll vouch for your nautical-esque things. You never forget the sight of a dark shadow of storm closing in on you, faster than you'd think possible (especially when you are still trying to tie a sail down). Your descriptions of shifts works too. You lose track of days because time is measured not in day and night but awake and asleep. And you do sleep at strange hours. And yes, someone's breakfast will totally seem like dinner to someone else.
As a nautical geek, I'd like to hear more about the navigation because at some point there will be no landmarks. Ellis only says he knows some celestial navigation. Dead reckoning, or how long you travel at a certain speed in a certain direction, only works so far, especially with the winds and air currents. Do they have charts? I might squeal with joy if Ellis pulls out a sextant. Or if Clare learned celestial navigation, we already know she's great at crunching numbers, which is what most of celestial navigation is. (Feel free to ignore all this but I have had to depend on these things to know where I am and so they are quite near and dear to my heart)
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Date: 2012-04-30 07:35 pm (UTC)As a nautical geek, I'd like to hear more about the navigation because at some point there will be no landmarks. Ellis only says he knows some celestial navigation. Dead reckoning, or how long you travel at a certain speed in a certain direction, only works so far, especially with the winds and air currents. Do they have charts? I might squeal with joy if Ellis pulls out a sextant. Or if Clare learned celestial navigation, we already know she's great at crunching numbers, which is what most of celestial navigation is. (Feel free to ignore all this but I have had to depend on these things to know where I am and so they are quite near and dear to my heart)