tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post7959095307776878836..comments2023-11-02T03:08:07.417-07:00Comments on NephiCode: Why Did Nephi Write….? – Part IDelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-64797974966245989402016-08-13T21:16:07.201-07:002016-08-13T21:16:07.201-07:00More. Love this stuff. My kind of thinking. Thanks...More. Love this stuff. My kind of thinking. Thanks for the spirit candyJuliaJ.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16095471399089461768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-70681682398757245232016-08-07T16:40:53.789-07:002016-08-07T16:40:53.789-07:00Thanks Del, I always (ignorantly) assumed they hea...Thanks Del, I always (ignorantly) assumed they headed on the Indonesian side because I didn't understand the currents. This is great information. Thanks again, Iraiterryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14836783863542965577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-5549500658177475762016-08-07T10:32:50.659-07:002016-08-07T10:32:50.659-07:00The course of the currents, and thus the course th...The course of the currents, and thus the course the ship would have taken would be closer to Madagascar along the western part of the counter-clockwise gyre of the Indian Ocean. Keep in mind that this gyre belt, or the width of the current is quite wide (several miles) and any ship running on the further west of the belt or current width would be swung wide to the outside in the lower (southern) curve of the current and become caught by the Southern Ocean West Wind Drift and the Prevailing Westerlies wind and into the circumpolar current of the Southern Ocean. What happened when they tied up Nephi and the Liahona stopped working was that the ship became caught in the movement of the gyre, and without the Liahona to show them to steer to the west, the ship moved toward the eastern part or side of the belt and thus turned back upon itself (heading back the way it had come) by the ferocity of the storm. Think of it like a four-lane freeway heading south that is turning gradually to head east. If you are in the outside (curbside) lane, you will tend to move even further to the outside in the turn. But if you fade toward the left (into the 2nd and 3rd lane over or into the fastest land) you would lean more to the left or west heading into the gradual turn. It would be at this point that the rebellious brothers did not know where to steer the ship (1 Nephi 18:13), and with the storm breaking, the ship was drawn further and further into the tightness of the curving current where the low-pressure system turned it completely around to head back in the direction from which it had come, albeit further eastward than before. Thus the rudder was usable to steer along the current from one side of its width to the other, but the wind would not allow it to steer out of the current or the ship would be becalmed with no wind to drive it.<br />Delhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08982095508142923740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-80167204450186842032016-08-07T08:37:23.791-07:002016-08-07T08:37:23.791-07:00The ship did have a rudder, and they had the liaho...The ship did have a rudder, and they had the liahona as a guide. So it would make sense that they would be guided to steer as much to the west as they could under the winds and currents they were under. I am still hoping somebody makes a sail ship and repeats this journey, with internet updates for us landlubbers.erichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12279217537472159142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5948352943362975805.post-12769032133476346622016-08-07T08:00:36.134-07:002016-08-07T08:00:36.134-07:00Question Del, From your studies did the ship sail ...Question Del, From your studies did the ship sail closer to Madagascar and Africa or did it sail farther to the east closer to Indonesia and Australia before reaching the easterly winds and currents below Australia? Thanks, Iraiterryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14836783863542965577noreply@blogger.com