United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Cape Henry to Key WestU.S. Government Printing Office, 1922 |
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... ( second ) edition has been prepared by Commander Paul C. Whitney , hydro- graphic and geodetic engineer , U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey . Great courtesy has been shown by the United States Engineers , the Lighthouse Service , and local ...
... ( second ) edition has been prepared by Commander Paul C. Whitney , hydro- graphic and geodetic engineer , U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey . Great courtesy has been shown by the United States Engineers , the Lighthouse Service , and local ...
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... second , that the observer be skillful and rapid in his use of the sextant . The latter is only a matter of practice . Near objects should be used either for bearings or angles for posi- tion in preference to distant ones , although the ...
... second , that the observer be skillful and rapid in his use of the sextant . The latter is only a matter of practice . Near objects should be used either for bearings or angles for posi- tion in preference to distant ones , although the ...
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... second position being , as before , equal to the distance run in the interval , allowing for current . Taking afterwards the beam bearing gives , with slight additional trouble , the distance of the object when abeam ; such beam ...
... second position being , as before , equal to the distance run in the interval , allowing for current . Taking afterwards the beam bearing gives , with slight additional trouble , the distance of the object when abeam ; such beam ...
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... second , a strong , gusty wind from some northerly point ( northeast , north , or northwest ) , blowing with increasing force ; and third , a rough , increasing sea . If one or more of these signs be wanting there is little cause for ...
... second , a strong , gusty wind from some northerly point ( northeast , north , or northwest ) , blowing with increasing force ; and third , a rough , increasing sea . If one or more of these signs be wanting there is little cause for ...
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... seconds . The signal should be made slowly with the dashes considerably prolonged . ( b ) The testing should be made on 800 meters , upon the comple- tion of which the ship should await reply from the radio compass station . ( c ) The ...
... seconds . The signal should be made slowly with the dashes considerably prolonged . ( b ) The testing should be made on 800 meters , upon the comple- tion of which the ship should await reply from the radio compass station . ( c ) The ...
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12 feet 12 miles 9 feet Albemarle Sound anchor anchorage bank beach Beaufort bell buoy berth black buoy boats bridge Brunswick buoy canal Charleston coast course daymark distance dredged cut east eastern eastward entrance fathoms feet deep feet draft feet wide Fernandina Florida Fowey Rocks lighthouse Frying Pan Shoals gas and whistling Harbor Master high water inland passage Inlet inside Island Jacksonville jetties Johns River Key West knots least depth light vessel low water marsh Mayport mile southward miles westward mouth navigable Neuse River northward Pamlico River Pamlico Sound Pasquotank River pass pilot pilotage Point light port hand position railroad range lights reefs sailing vessels Sapelo Satilla River Savannah Shoal light Shoal lighthouse shore side signal Simon Sound southwestward station steamers steer tides true NW Tybee velocity Wade Point wharf wharves whistling buoy white light winds Winyah Bay yards westward
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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.