Brian Stern
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
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And everybody is ready to go to England.
They're all very excited.
But none of them really know how to read the stars.
You know, they trust the compass and a few charts, but they're not sure the compass, how that really works either.
But the word is, you know, who's ever at the wheel, just hold her steady.
Just hold her steady.
Okay.
London that way.
Few degrees here and there won't matter, right?
Well, let's just say that every day the ship runs on the old tradition of four-hour watches.
So somebody's got the helm.
That's six times a day, 24 hours.
The helmsman's change.
And each time a new man takes the wheel, something small happens.
The first helmsman, he's tired from the night before.
So he just swings it one degree too far south.
Close enough.
No one's going to notice a single degree on a ship this big.
He's not wicked.
He's not just lazy.