If the true heading is set at the lubber's line, true bearings are observed directly.
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As well as climbing the futtock shrouds, most ships also allowed access to the top through the lubber's hole at the tip of the ordinary ratlines.
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If it applies tolubberand cotton, do they believe that it also applies to the building of houses?
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By rotating the capsule to align the needle with the orienting marks, the course bearing could be read at thelubberline.
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A "lubberline", which can be a marking on the compass bowl or a small fixed needle indicates the ship's heading on the compass card.
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Compasses on sailboats may have additionallubberlines at forty-five degrees from the centerline.
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The abbeylubberis a minor devil that haunts the wine cellars or kitchens of abbeys, tempting the monks into drunkenness, gluttony and lasciviousness.
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