Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) red-orange It appears there may be

It appears there may be one tiny little chip on the tail fin

This is just a sweet little lidded round one with a nicely turned handle

and appropriately worn

The stone is otherwise very smooth and feels great to hold

Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) red-orange It appears there may beI'm not a sailor, but I think this interesting old handmade dial would be instructive if a novice like me were to try to put it to use. The black "boat" at the center is annotated with Port and Starboard (missing the first few letters), Forward and Aft, and then depending on which direction one points to boat, there are notes on the middle disk relative to positions of bow and beam. At least this is what I think is going on here! Mostly, I just think