The Yachtsman's Guide: A Book in Five Parts Written Specially for YachtsmenNew York Navigation School, 1887 - 443 sider |
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... terms . " - Brooklyn ( N. Y. ) Times . 46 6 The Yachtsman's Guide , ' by Captain Howard Patterson , Principal of the New York Navigation School , is a book which contains in condensed form all the information that a yachtsman wants for ...
... terms . " - Brooklyn ( N. Y. ) Times . 46 6 The Yachtsman's Guide , ' by Captain Howard Patterson , Principal of the New York Navigation School , is a book which contains in condensed form all the information that a yachtsman wants for ...
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... terms , containing explanations of nautical phrases , the different styles and rigs of vessels , an the various parts of a ship . With Captain Patterson's work in hand the amateur navigator is furnished with a practical and thorough ...
... terms , containing explanations of nautical phrases , the different styles and rigs of vessels , an the various parts of a ship . With Captain Patterson's work in hand the amateur navigator is furnished with a practical and thorough ...
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... , a glossary of nautical terms , etc. It is a book that ought to be in the library of every yacht . " - Evening Bulletin ( San Francisco , Cal . ) " The author of this work is not only a PRESS OPINIONS OF THE YACHTSMAN'S GUIDE .
... , a glossary of nautical terms , etc. It is a book that ought to be in the library of every yacht . " - Evening Bulletin ( San Francisco , Cal . ) " The author of this work is not only a PRESS OPINIONS OF THE YACHTSMAN'S GUIDE .
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... terms and words , which will be found very useful . ” — Evening Journal ( Jersey City , N.J. ) " It is a book written expressly for amateur sailors and skippers by competent author- ity , and commends itself to all interested in this ...
... terms and words , which will be found very useful . ” — Evening Journal ( Jersey City , N.J. ) " It is a book written expressly for amateur sailors and skippers by competent author- ity , and commends itself to all interested in this ...
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... terms which all can easily understand . So far as we are aware , it is the only work of the kind yet published in this country , and supplies a need which is urgent . It is handsomely printed and bound . " - Outing Magazine . " An able ...
... terms which all can easily understand . So far as we are aware , it is the only work of the kind yet published in this country , and supplies a need which is urgent . It is handsomely printed and bound . " - Outing Magazine . " An able ...
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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...