Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) red-orange with a diameter of 6

with a diameter of 6 inches at the lip and 2

this guy seems to have been the 107th creation of what I believe was quite a small company

I am almost certain this bowl is either Cochiti or Santo Domingo

1 3/4" across at lip

It appears there may be one tiny little chip on the tail fin

Handmade Wooden Nautical Dial (for Teaching Sailing?) red-orange with a diameter of 6I'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