The Yachtsman's Guide: A Book in Five Parts Written Specially for YachtsmenNew York Navigation School, 1887 - 443 sider |
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... lights , are all laid down in a convenient form . Appended to the ' Guide ' is a dictionary of terms , containing explanations of nautical phrases , the different styles and rigs of vessels , an the various parts of a ship . With ...
... lights , are all laid down in a convenient form . Appended to the ' Guide ' is a dictionary of terms , containing explanations of nautical phrases , the different styles and rigs of vessels , an the various parts of a ship . With ...
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... light becomes a curve by passing through mediums of varying densities . The difference in the direction of a ray of light , before and after entering the atmosphere , is what is called refraction . Refraction varies with the temperature ...
... light becomes a curve by passing through mediums of varying densities . The difference in the direction of a ray of light , before and after entering the atmosphere , is what is called refraction . Refraction varies with the temperature ...
Side 39
... light , running to the S. W. , the surface water being 75 ° , and at 20 fathoms 68 ° , the axis of the Gulf Stream being 82 ° , moderately warm water extend- ing to the bottom . The direction of the axis of the stream indicates the set ...
... light , running to the S. W. , the surface water being 75 ° , and at 20 fathoms 68 ° , the axis of the Gulf Stream being 82 ° , moderately warm water extend- ing to the bottom . The direction of the axis of the stream indicates the set ...
Side 54
... light or head- land , judge the distance between your ship and the object , and make a note of this in the log - book in the column of " Remarks . " This will be consid- ered as the first course and distance sailed , and the opposite to ...
... light or head- land , judge the distance between your ship and the object , and make a note of this in the log - book in the column of " Remarks . " This will be consid- ered as the first course and distance sailed , and the opposite to ...
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... light , and the barometer begins to fall , rain may set in before the wind begins to blow from east or east - south - east . f . Besides these rules for the instruments , there is one about the way in which the wind changes , which is ...
... light , and the barometer begins to fall , rain may set in before the wind begins to blow from east or east - south - east . f . Besides these rules for the instruments , there is one about the way in which the wind changes , which is ...
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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...