Watchstanding regulate the sailors' duty watches and for other purposes (see main article). Unlike civil clock bells, the strikes of a ship's bell do not accord to the number of the hour. Instead, there are eight bells, one for each half-hour of a four-hour watch. Bells would be struck every half-hour, and in a pattern of pairs for easier counting, with any odd bells at the end of the sequence. Watchstanding Watchstanding, or watchkeeping, in nautical terms concerns the division of qualified personnel to operate a ship continuously. On a typical seafaring vessel, be it naval or merchant, personnel keep watch
Nautical Club of Thessaloniki 1931 and is one of the oldest nautical athletic associations in Greece. During the early years, rowing was the only sport offered. Toward the end of the 1940s N.C.Th. achieved the title of "Most Winning Club" and sent crews both to the London Olympics in 1948 and Helsinki in 1952. N.C.Th.'s outstanding role in rowing has led many times to the title of "Most Winning Club", the continuous recruitment of athletes to the national team and distinctions in international championships (bronze medal in the Rowing Worlds of 1998, silver medals in the Rowing Worlds of 2005 and 2006). In the