sillypoint | 14 Nov 2017 7:01 p.m. PST |
When you set up a wind gauge for a naval game, which way do you point the arrow? 😜 |
The Virtual Armchair General | 14 Nov 2017 7:42 p.m. PST |
Downwind! If the wind is coming from the due North, the arrow points due South. TVAG |
sillypoint | 14 Nov 2017 8:43 p.m. PST |
Yo, Patrick. Which way us the arrow on a weather vane pointed, in such a wind…and what is that wind called? 😎 |
Kevin in Albuquerque | 14 Nov 2017 8:55 p.m. PST |
It's not about weather, it's about the players. They all want to know the direction the wind is coming from. Don't confuse them with weather vanes! |
NCC1717 | 15 Nov 2017 6:00 a.m. PST |
Upwind. My wind vane also has a flag streaming downwind so the sand crabs don't get confused. |
Parzival | 15 Nov 2017 9:35 a.m. PST |
The direction the wind is blowing; downwind. |
Yellow Admiral | 15 Nov 2017 10:08 a.m. PST |
I admit my weather vanes also point 180° opposite the wind direction. The players are all lubbers, and so is the GM. It's easier to grok "wind going this way" than "wind coming from this point". I also use a homemade weather vane shaped like a sailboat, and it would look funny sailing upwind. That said, NCC1717's flag on the weather vane is a brilliant flourish. - Ix |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 15 Nov 2017 11:30 a.m. PST |
My father was a sailor (professional -- merchant marine for 30 years), and I've been a sailor (amateur -- racing on the San Francisco Bay), so my table top wind vane points in the direction from which the wind is coming. Getting their landlubbing heads around that concept helps ground the players (see what I did there) in the age of sail. |
M C MonkeyDew | 15 Nov 2017 12:35 p.m. PST |
+1 NCC1717. Looks good and players may learn something even if they don't like larnin' games. |
etotheipi | 16 Nov 2017 9:14 a.m. PST |
The arrow points downwind. Never served on a ship with a weather vane. The readout from the wind vane (or sonic anemometer, if you have one) gives you a three digit heading that the wind is coming from. I have not seen one that draws an arrow. The big bit of the handheld goes in the direction the arrow points.
And, if you ever actually use an arrow to represent wind, you draw it on the maneuvering board with the arrow head in the direction the wind is blowing (down wind), not the direction the wind is coming from.
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Old Contemptibles | 16 Nov 2017 10:08 a.m. PST |
Where I am from the question is; Where is the wind out of? If the wind is out of the North then the wind is blowing South. I had to learn about "down wind" from the Navy. Old habits are hard to break. Once I left the Navy I went right back to; Where is the wind out of? |
Virginia Tory | 16 Nov 2017 11:49 a.m. PST |
My weather gauge got hit by roundshot once. Caused all manner of confusion. |