United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Cape Henry to Key WestU.S. Government Printing Office, 1922 |
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... depth and location at the time the survey was made . Shores and shoals where sand and mud prevail , and especially bar harbors and the entrances of bays and rivers exposed to strong tidal currents and a heavy sea , are subject to ...
... depth and location at the time the survey was made . Shores and shoals where sand and mud prevail , and especially bar harbors and the entrances of bays and rivers exposed to strong tidal currents and a heavy sea , are subject to ...
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... depth will be found useful in giving greater prominence to outlying dangers . It is a good plan to trace out with a ... depths should be avoided , as there is always the possibility that the shoalest spot may not have been found ...
... depth will be found useful in giving greater prominence to outlying dangers . It is a good plan to trace out with a ... depths should be avoided , as there is always the possibility that the shoalest spot may not have been found ...
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... depths have been noted . Errors of 10 to 12 per cent of the actual depth were quite common . It is also worthy of note that in the great majority of cases the tubes gave depths greater than the true depths , which , in actual use in ...
... depths have been noted . Errors of 10 to 12 per cent of the actual depth were quite common . It is also worthy of note that in the great majority of cases the tubes gave depths greater than the true depths , which , in actual use in ...
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... depths , whereas if the barometer reads below normal the registered depths will be greater than the true . The amount of error introduced from this cause is about 3 per cent of the depth for each inch of barometric pressure above or ...
... depths , whereas if the barometer reads below normal the registered depths will be greater than the true . The amount of error introduced from this cause is about 3 per cent of the depth for each inch of barometric pressure above or ...
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... depths . The type of tube exemplified by the well - known Bassnett sounder is based on the same principle as the ... depths , while deficient depths may be recorded as a result of loss of water through suction at the inlet as the tube is ...
... depths . The type of tube exemplified by the well - known Bassnett sounder is based on the same principle as the ... depths , while deficient depths may be recorded as a result of loss of water through suction at the inlet as the tube is ...
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Página 193 - ... no subsequent alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules, or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.
Página 193 - ART. 21. Where by any of these rules one of two vessels is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed. ART. 22. Every vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other.
Página 194 - When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely : In the daytime: First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute.
Página 193 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Página 193 - My engines are going at full speed astern." Precaution Art. 29. Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner or master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper lookout, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Página 186 - On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast, then in the fore part of the vessel...
Página 187 - The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to be visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least two miles.
Página 186 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Página 187 - ... the approach of or to other vessels, be exhibited on their respective sides in sufficient time to prevent collision, in such manner as to make them most visible, and so that the green...
Página 187 - ... if the length of the tow, measuring from the stern of the towing vessel to the stern of the last vessel towed, exceeds 600 feet.