Philippine Islands Sailing Directions. ... |
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
12 fathoms 14 miles anchor anchorage appears approach bank beach bearing bottom buoy channel church clear close coast coral course covered danger deep depth direction distance east eastern side eastward edge enter entrance extends extremity fathoms fathoms of water feet high forms fringed G. S. chart harbor head height hill Island Islet land less lies light low water Luzon lying Manila marked middle mile wide miles long miles southward miles westward monsoon Mount mouth narrow navigable nearly northeast northern northward northwest pass passage patch peak places Point Port position projects range reef reported rises River rocks rocky round sand sandy seen separated sheltered shoal shore shown shows side situated soundings southeast southeastward southern southwest steep steep-to steer Strait stream surrounded tide town trees trends vessels visible western winds wooded yards
Popular passages
Page 93 - Rule only applies to cases where vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, in such a manner as to involve risk of collision...
Page 86 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Page 94 - 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.
Page 96 - 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, namely: In the daytime — First.
Page 88 - ... mile, or a combined lantern showing a green light and a red light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on their respective sides. Such lantern shall be carried not less than 3 feet below the white light.
Page 85 - 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 such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles. (c) On the...
Page 92 - A steam vessel shall be provided with an efficient whistle or siren, sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, so placed that the sound may not be Intercepted by any obstruction, and with an efficient fog horn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient bell.
Page 88 - Pilot-vessels, when engaged on their station on pilotage duty, shall not show the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a white light at the mast-head, visible all around the horizon, and shall also exhibit a flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen minutes.
Page 89 - ... such lantern shall be exhibited, in sufficient time to prevent collision, so that the green light shall not be seen on the port side nor the red light on the starboard side.
Page 87 - The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to be visible all around the horizon, at a distance of at least two miles.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Philippine Islands Sailing Directions. ... Bulletin, Coast and Geodetic Survey Philippine Islands Sailing Directions, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
| Author | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Bureau of Printing, 1906 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Jun 2007 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |