Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) red-orange The individual kernels are glazed

The individual kernels are glazed a bright white with yellowy brown details

with a diameter of 6 inches at the lip and 2

1 3/4" across at lip

Good for holding while contemplating the meaning of the universe

Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) red-orange The individual kernels are glazedI'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