Back in the days before electronic communication, modern companies and even accurate maps, the way of sailing ships first communication was the flags or colors the ship carried on the highest masthead.

These were so important, that a critical part of a ship was the crow’s nest. In daylight hours, a man’s full time duty was to scour the horizon in all directions to see if another ship or bad weather was approaching. With weather, one could batten down the hatches and sail through the storm or try to sail around it. Continue reading →