An Admirable Admiral Mystery Cache

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Hard Oiler: Sadly the wind - likely a Force 8 - finished off the tree that the cache was hidden in so time to put the Admiral to bed - he's had a good run. Thanks to all who visited him.

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Hidden : 2/21/2005
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates. Read the description below to discover its location

The coordinates will take you to a parking spot 301 meters as the crow flies from the cache (for the un-metricated that's 989 feet). But in which direction does the crow need to fly? That's the puzzle.

Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort was born, in Ireland, in 1774. At the age of 13, he began his nautical career as a cabin boy in the British Navy. After three years at sea he realised the value of being weatherwise and began keeping a meteorological journal. In 1805 he was given his first command and assigned to conduct a hydrographic survey in South America. It was here that he developed the first version of his Wind Force Scale for use in his journals.

Originally, the Wind Force Scale was based upon the effects of various wind strengths on the amount of canvas carried by a fully rigged frigate. Thus Force 8 was described as conditions under which a well-conditioned man-of-war could just carry in chase, full and by, treble-reefed topsails. As frigates became obsolete the original Beaufort Scale changed so that the numbers referred to states of the sea or motion of trees.

Eventually scientific measurement prevailed and, in 1946, the International Meteorological Committee defined the scale values by ranges of wind speed measured at a height of 10 meters above the surface. By 1955, wind velocities in knots replaced Beaufort numbers on weather maps but the scale was still useful for eyeball estimates by seamen to fill gaps in the global observing network.

Even today it's a convenient way of judging conditions, especially for sailers and is still used for marine forecasts in several areas. For example the near shore marine forecast in the UK might read:
Wind: north 4 or 5, veering east 6 or 7. Weather: wintry showers.Visibility: good or moderate. Sea State: moderate to rough.

At the cache location you'll see some effects of wind. So where is it? Right here:

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gur gnyyre lbh ner gur rnfvre vg vf

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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