Bruce Forster
Model Builder and Editor-in-Chief
TEACHER, DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY: RETIRED
Thirty years experience with the public schools of Massachusetts, Alaska and New Jersey. Masters Degree in Gifted/Talented Education, Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education and Industrial Arts.
A CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO SERVICE
Chaperone on board The Spirit of Massachusetts
1998-2000 with the Newburyport Public Schools.
INDIVIDUALIST AND ADVENTURER
Twenty years raising a family in Homer, Alaska. Father, teacher, hunter, builder, electrician, crabber, fisherman, furniture maker, humorist and husband.
Taken on board The Spirit of Massachusetts summer of 1999 off the coast of Newburyport, Massachusetts.
The
Shipyard News
Bow Watch
Original photograph by: Bruce Forster
copyright: 1999
The Shipyard News is located in a small shop in Alford, Massachusetts. Visitors are welcome by appointment. Call: 646-912-2219
Captain Bruce
The Shipyard News, Alford, Massachusetts
DID YOU KNOW?
Know your LEFT from your RIGHT !
Port - Port is always the left-hand side of the boat when you are facing the bow, the front of the boat.
Starboard - Starboard is always the right-hand side of the boat when you are facing the bow.
When used out in the open water, left and right can become confusing sailing terms. Port and starboard are used as it relates to the bow of the boat.
SUN TIME
The sun moves about 15 degrees in one hour. That means that the sun moves about one degree every four minutes. Extend your arm and point four fingers horizontally across your face. This equals 8 degrees, or about 30 minutes of sun travel. Use this measure to find the amount of time until the sun sets. Use two hands to find how high the sun is in the sky from the horizon if one hand is not enough.
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