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Page 26 - 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.
Page 23 - 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 as follows, viz.
Page 27 - In every case of collision between two vessels it shall be the duty of the master or person in charge of each vessel, if and so far as he can do so without serious danger to his own vessel, crew, and passengers...
Page 16 - In the following rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel. The words "steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel is "under way...
Page 16 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible...
Page 25 - 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.
Page 16 - 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 tixcd as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Page 23 - When both are running free, with the wind on the same side, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to leeward. (e) A vessel which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the other vessel.
Page 22 - In fog, mist, falling snow, or heavy rain storms, whether by day or night, the signals described in this Article shall be used as follows, viz : (a) A steam vessel having way upon her shall sound, at intervals of not more than two minutes, a prolonged blast.
Page 18 - First. Steam vessels of less than forty tons shall carry — (a) In the fore part of the vessel, or on or in front of the funnel, where it can best be seen, and at a height above the gunwale of not less than...
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| Title | Navigation ; Ocean Meteorology ; Rules of the Road ; Nautical Tables Volume 28 of International library of technology Navigation, International Correspondence Schools |
| Author | International Correspondence Schools |
| Publisher | International Textbook Company, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 18 Jan 2008 |
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