and then the helmsman says passing zero eight zero and the gator calls out belay your headings and the helmsman says aye aye sir and focuses on the big flat compass in front of him and you watch the pointer swing to zero seven zero , zero six zero , zero five zero , and then the helmsman spins his wheel back the other way to five degrees right and the pointer slows down and edges toward zero four five and then the helmsman brings the wheel and the rudder back to center and the pointer slows and stops on zero four four and so he brings the wheel back right and the pointer nudges finally on to zero four five and he says steady on new course zero four five and the gator says very well and you understand that you understand all of this and you jot down 1438 course 045 on the log [ 98 ] .