The Yachtsman's Guide: A Book in Five Parts Written Specially for YachtsmenNew York Navigation School, 1887 - 443 sider |
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Side 9
... courses Short Treatise on the Compass - Explanation why variation is not con- sidered when shaping a course by the parallel rules Variation to correct a compass course for it The Ecliptic and Declination- why and how the latter is ...
... courses Short Treatise on the Compass - Explanation why variation is not con- sidered when shaping a course by the parallel rules Variation to correct a compass course for it The Ecliptic and Declination- why and how the latter is ...
Side 12
... course until she has gone far enough away from the pole to find meridians to cross . In a like manner a ship at the south pole can only steer a north course until she , too , finds meridians to cross . One of these great circles , or ...
... course until she has gone far enough away from the pole to find meridians to cross . In a like manner a ship at the south pole can only steer a north course until she , too , finds meridians to cross . One of these great circles , or ...
Side 22
... COURSES . The circumference of the compass is divided into 32 points ( which will be seen by reference to the diagram ) ... course has a numerical value , and that the counting commences at the north and south ( the Poles of the compass ) ...
... COURSES . The circumference of the compass is divided into 32 points ( which will be seen by reference to the diagram ) ... course has a numerical value , and that the counting commences at the north and south ( the Poles of the compass ) ...
Side 23
... courses ( the complement ) . North - east , south- east , south - west , and north - west are all 45 ° courses ( half the complement ) , and the angles the intermediate points make with the horizon will be ... course by the parallel rules.
... courses ( the complement ) . North - east , south- east , south - west , and north - west are all 45 ° courses ( half the complement ) , and the angles the intermediate points make with the horizon will be ... course by the parallel rules.
Side 24
... course from port to port , for it is the amount of variation given by the chart for different localities which governs the com- pass course over the trackless waste . The parallels ( lines of latitude ) and meridians ( lines of ...
... course from port to port , for it is the amount of variation given by the chart for different localities which governs the com- pass course over the trackless waste . The parallels ( lines of latitude ) and meridians ( lines of ...
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The Yachtsman's Guide: A Book in Three Parts, Written Specially for Yachtsmen Howard Patterson Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1885 |
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Side 140 - ... so constructed as to show a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side...
Side 145 - This Article only applies to cases where vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, in such a manner as to involve risk of collision, and does not apply to two vessels which must, if both keep on their respective courses, pass clear of each other.
Side 145 - ... other; in other words, to cases in which by day each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line or nearly in a line with her own, and by night to cases in which each vessel is in such a position as to see both the side lights of the other.
Side 144 - When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Side 144 - When two sailing vessels are approaching one another so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other...
Side 146 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, 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 look-out, 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.
Side 142 - ... use : and shall, on 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 light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side, nor, if practicable, more than two points abaft the beam on their respective sides.
Side 140 - ... unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles.
Side 150 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard must be had to all dangers of navigation ; and due regard must also be had to any special circumstances which may exist in any particular case rendering a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Side 140 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of sucli a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (c) On the...