the powers that be likely decided to forgo convention while trooping and allow a canvas dodger (windbreaker) to be rigged around the monkey island hand rails from at least 1942 onwards. This, in addition to the weather boards surrounding the compass binnacle. There's always a gale blowing up there, at 30 knots, when taking azimuths or tracking the Aurora (pre satillites,i.e, until after they discovered what caused it)) etc.
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