By the society's standard scale (10 being the perfect rose), the Sterling Silver ranks a paltry 4.2, as a rose of questionable value.. And while Hollywood is showing the roses growing on Chelsea rooftops, the Sterling probably can't cut it in New York.
For an unknown reason the bag was also known as a âjewing bagâ and was hung from a hammock ring or perhaps a hook or peg next to his bunk in the forecastle. These bags generally were companions to the sailorâs sea bags or sea chests.
A chip log, also called common log, ship log, or just log, is a navigation tool mariners use to estimate the speed of a vessel through water. The word knot, to mean nautical mile per hour, derives from this measurement method.