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abaft anchor angle beam bend bight blast block boat boom cable capstan Carrick Bend carry chain clearing hawse collision compass connected convenient course coxswain crossing danger davit deck direction distance engines fathoms feet force forward friction Friction Band gear going ahead going Astern halyards handling hauling hawse-pipe hawser head heavy helm hemp hook keel keep knots lashed length let go lift lower manila mast necessary oars pass pendant Plate port side pump riding rope Round Seizing rudder rules running sail sailing-vessel screw sea-anchor shackle shaft sheave ship ship swings ship's signal slack small-stuff sound spar speed Splice starboard steam steam-vessel steamer steering stern stop strands surf swing swivel tackle tension tide tons towing tube turn U. S. Navy United States Navy unshackled usually valve vessel weather weight white light wind windlass wire yard
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Page 376 - Art. 17. 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...
Page 338 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Page 373 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length when at anchor shall carry forward, where it can best be. seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a lantern so constructed as to show a- clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around1 the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 385 - War in pursuance of the provisions of the said section eleven, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person), not exceeding one year, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court.
Page 359 - ... other; in other words, to cases in which by day each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line or nearly in...
Page 368 - ... from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 368 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 364 - Every vessel coming up with another vessel from any direction more than two points abaft her beam, that is, in such a position, with reference to the vessel which she is overtaking that at night she would be unable to see either of that vessel's side-lights, shall be deemed to be an overtaking vessel...
Page 367 - 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, viz. : — ' In the daytime — 1. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. 2. The International Code signal of distress indicated by NC 3.
Page 379 - 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.