. . . . my answer . . . is in the picture below.
Michel-C.

Well, fell into that one and got it right. Will wonders never cease!

It were called the conning tower when I were a lad....

Indeed Hermank! Only the submarine cannot use a sail (which is actually a turret) to move. It only has its own propulsion (in this case nuclear).

Alessandro amigo italiano
It is indeed the wrong translation. They mean an engine

"Which of the following vessels was the first to successfully traverse the Northwest Passage entirely under its own power without the use of sails?"

Maybe I'm mistranslating but the phrase: "its own power without the use of sails?" it makes one think of a functional use of the sail (therefore a real sail and a word of the same name).
The turret of the submarine, even in very strong winds, will never be able to contribute to the propulsion of the submarine itself. Under no circumstances and under any conditions.

But. It has a SAIL. (it was excluded anyways)😁

(this is more fun than going out and shovelling snow😝 today)

Yes but it's not a real sail.
The protrusion called the sail on the submarine has no propulsive function (neither main nor auxiliary). That was the point of the question.

Isn't the section of the submarine that projects above the deck often called the sail?
(just disturbing the peace)

I thought they all had sails (except the Nautilus of course). I was wrong, but I'm not 100% convinced, some doubts remain.

Hi, the Billing kit of St. Roch loooks like a regular patrol boat. Owned and run by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Roy

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The St Roch was a schooner with sails and an auxiliary engine. Not quite a Nova Scotia fishing schooner, but a Canadian schooner built in the 1920's
Both Erebus and Terror were found in 2014 & 2016

I was going to buy the St. Roch kit and read about it in their blurb on the vessel.
Roy

I was under the impression it was Amundson in the Goja, nkt St Roch..

Well I got that wrong. As my teacher used to say "read the question two or three times before you answer" 😀

Hello to all modelers.
Even if the year is probably wrong the topic is very interesting. It is a fundamental transition period in navigation.
We already talked about this topic months ago in the forum.
In particular in message no. 16 of the topic entitled: "Do we want to talk about propellers?" (link at the end of the text) we talked about the first propellers and that of Ericsson (which however was certainly not the first ever).


https://model-boats.com/forum/135377

Number 21 here! I have not got a question wrong for over a month i.e. 30 days although I was absent at sea for 2 days but not presumed lost!
Roy

We got this right, lucky quest. Back on the board again as #20👍😊

EdW - that was the Northwest passage not the Northeast passage that the question was about.

Still a bit confused with the scoring. I am not that bothered about it. But, I had been at 97% for ages and I got yesterdays wrong, so it dropped to 93%. Today I log in and I am at 90% and get the answer correct which took me to 93%. I haven't had my morning cuppa yet so my head is a bit fuzzy, but, shouldn't it have started at 93% and taken me back to 97% ?😂😂

Another none of the above, Vega did not complete west to east. The first ship to do this is recorded as Gjoa.
So much for AI, this one needs a lot more deep learning.
🤔

Yes. And I repeated again and got it wrong.😳

So much for no repeats!🙄
😎

Hi Dave, you're right.
I pointed this out before but also said it doesn't matter because Stephen is working on it and is (wisely) tackling the problems one at a time.
Considering that it is a game anyway, I am very happy that Italy's score is at the maximum and mine at the minimum and not vice versa.

Let's then consider another aspect: I am participating alone for Italy.
If another Italian who makes a lot of mistakes participated, the national percentage would be lowered.
I mean that many English, Americans, Canadians and Australians individually have a 100% percentage, yet they never see their nation at 100% (to their regret I think).

Stephen (Fireboat) will also solve this anomaly, but if he doesn't, it's not that serious or urgent.

Aleessandro,
It's interesting that you are the sole person carrying Italy which is at 100%, and you personally don't even show in the top 20 members. Must be that new math??
Anyway, congratulations on carrying your country to #1 !!
Dave B

Hi DG, thanks. I'm the only one playing for Italy, although my score is so strangely low.

Who ever is batting for Italy is doing a Sterling job!!!

Hi, Just call me Martin 😀

Hello simple Sailor, (Or what can I call you? 🤔)
I think some of the questions are worth knowing, but others are sometimes incomprehensible to us foreigners.
But with a little brainpower you can find out everything. . .
It's like building, or rather tinkering!
If you don't look, you won't find anything, will you?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Swiss wisdom! 🤣🤣
Your Michel-C.

Phil. I think we have too many UK members. We are at 85% with 29 members answering questions and Italy has one member at 100%. 🤣

Looks like uk is holding its end up 85% come on you brits .
Philuk👍

Good question!

The questions are much better in my view. It was a lucky break that the answer is in the question today or I would not have had a clue.😃

I think Joshua's come up before? So, I took a guess. And please ignore my horrific score. I don't know where and when it got so low.
😉

It does not seem to matter how many I get right I am always 23 out of 24. I wonder why?
Roy

February 11 was when Slocum sailed from Boston, and April 24 was for a different departure.

Internet says it happened on the 24th April 1895?

With me Titanic is first option then Spray.

Roy

'Spray' has cropped up in QoTD debate before!🙄

😎

Honestly, thought this was on an old Jacques Cousteau show. 😉

I can never guarantee what's going to come up, but I have told the captain to stick with maritime questions! He's not allowed to resign, so I think we're safe to continue feeding him with more and more requirements! 😂

Stephen

Seemed the most likely from several contenders, none the wiser though. If we are to go through a pelagic group of questions rather than maritime ones I'm out.
Roy

Well it is working for me great changes seems to be working well.
Philuk👍

Instead I am only at 23%, even though I have never given a wrong answer in many months. Italy is at 100% so something is wrong.
I am saddened.
I am joking, it is just a game. I thank Stephen for the improvement work he does. I am sure he will win in the end.

Hey steady on i am just enjoying getting some answers right for a change ,finally my score is going up . That makes a nice change for me.🤔
Philuk👍

Captain AI will be getting orders tomorrow not to lazily repeat previous questions!

I’ll keep today’s rudder one. Think we also need more difficult questions but I’ll not change too many orders at once yet!

Stephen

I know why they need a bilge pump in parliament
🤣

I have to agree with this comment. I never understood how not answering a question did not count against your score. If I knew this in high school I would have been a straight "A" student. Not the average Joe I truly am.
Scrap the overall, and have an all-time average based on number of correct answers to total number of questions.

Just my 2cents worth.
Chris

Hi Stephen,
I had an uneasy feeling that this would happen🤔
As with any 'all time percentage or average' the All Time Score is subject to the law of diminishing return.
With each additional question the effect of one question diminishes very slightly.
Examples:
Today 06.02.25.
Number of questions since 01.12.23:- 3136537=433.
Effect of answering today's question: 1/433=> 0.23094688%
Tomorrow: 434 questions 1/434=> 0.230414746%
As can be seen the diminishing effect is only from the 4th decimal place.
The more questions the smaller the effect will become.
Given the rounding function of zero decimal places in the published results it will take ages for any change in the published result to be noticeable. If at all as the effect of each new question is tending to ZERO.
Conclusion: Scrap the All Time. Half of us may have passed on to 'The Great Workshop in the sky' before any change is noticeable.

As for "It’s a minefield in itself getting a sensible stat everyone likes "
Remember-
'You can't please all of the people all of the time. Be happy if you can please some of the people some of the time!'😉
Also: 'Never trust any statistic that you haven't falsified yourself.'
Or: 'There are lies, damn lies and ... statistics!'.

BTW re "What I have done with the members one, is look at the last 30 days, regardless of whether you answer a question or not."
I don't think that that is fair. For instance; I don't answer sailing ship/boat questions where I know that I'm way out of my comfort zone. And I don't want to cheat by Googling.
If the Leader Board showed the true %age of correct answers to questions actually answered it would look very different! And better reflect the participants knowledge.

Just a few arithmetical thunks😉
Cheers, Doug😎

Hiya, for my 'two pennith' I like the new system and it is interesting to see by hovering over a country how many have played in each country - UK being the biggest - I think! Also hovering over your score shows how many you have played and how many are correct. This feature may have been there before but I have only just found it!! I look forward to playing it each day - even with the few inaccuracies.
Stephen you are doing a grand job! 😊