|  |  | How Sailors Estimate the Speed of Wind Just through Observation (PIC) www.howtoons.com — Over thousands of years sailors have learned to estimate the speed of the wind just by looking about. This technique matured into what we now call the Beaufort Scale. The universe tells you everything you need to know about it as long as you are prepared to watch, to listen, to smell, in short to observe.More... (Offbeat News) Comments Email Added 2007-09-30 21:40:11 emobrat