Rules to Prevent Collisions of Vessels and Pilot Rules for Certain Inland Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and of the Coast of the Gulf of MexicoU.S. Government Printing Office, 1957 - Inland navigation |
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20-point white light abaft the beam anchor light approaching vessel Atchafalaya River Bahia best be seen Brazos River bright white light canal boats Cape Spencer Light carry a white character Coast Guard District Coast Guard vessels Commander dike construction displayed distance dredge Federal Register flare-up light green light Harbor hawser height inland waters INTERNATIONAL RULES INLAND lantern least 2 miles light from right Lighted Whistle Buoy Lighthouse lights required line drawn marine parade marine regatta Marquesas Keys masthead light Mississippi River motorboat pass Pilot Rules pilotage points abaft port side power-driven vessel prevent collision range light red light regatta or marine right ahead round the horizon RULES INLAND RULES Sabine Pass sailing vessel scows seaplane sels short blasts show an unbroken show the light signal sound starboard starboard side Stat steam vessel stern thence tion towing unbroken light USCGC vertical line vessel ahead visible all round
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Page 43 - ... on the starboard side a green light, and on the port side a red light, of such a character as to be visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere at a distance of at least 2 miles...
Page 30 - ... shall be deemed to be an overtaking vessel, and no subsequent alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.
Page 19 - 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 around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 75 - On the port side a red 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...
Page 38 - It does not apply by day to cases in which a vessel sees another ahead crossing her own course; or by night, to cases where the red light of one vessel is opposed to the red light of the other, or where the green light of one vessel is opposed to the green light of the other, or where a red light without a green light, or a green light without a red light, is seen ahead, or where both green and red lights are seen anywhere but ahead.
Page 29 - 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 10 - By day she shall carry in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 6 feet apart, where they can best be seen, three shapes not less than 2 feet in diameter...
Page 25 - Risk of collision can, when circumstances permit, be ascertained by carefully watching the compass bearing of an approaching vessel. If the bearing does not appreciably change, such risk should be deemed to exist.
Page 26 - ART. 18. When two steam vessels are meeting end on or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 5 - under way " within the meaning of these rules when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground. II. LIGHTS AND so FORTH The word " visible " in these rules when applied to lights shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere.