The Yachtsman's Guide: A Book in Three Parts, Written Specially for YachtsmenNew York Navigation School, 1885 - 174 sivua |
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... magnet- ized steel bar holding the north end of the compass card toward the north point of the heavens , while the case revolves around the card . Calling the names of the different points in rotation , beginning at north , is called ...
... magnet- ized steel bar holding the north end of the compass card toward the north point of the heavens , while the case revolves around the card . Calling the names of the different points in rotation , beginning at north , is called ...
Sivu 18
... magnetic iron ore by the Greeks . The compass was not used as an instrument of navigation by European nations till the latter part of the fifteenth century . The compass needle points to the magnetic poles of the earth , and as the ...
... magnetic iron ore by the Greeks . The compass was not used as an instrument of navigation by European nations till the latter part of the fifteenth century . The compass needle points to the magnetic poles of the earth , and as the ...
Sivu 19
... magnetic north poles and two magnetic south poles , but one of each is comparatively weak in magnetic force ; consequently it is only of the two great magnetic poles that science generally treats , and in speaking of the sources of ...
... magnetic north poles and two magnetic south poles , but one of each is comparatively weak in magnetic force ; consequently it is only of the two great magnetic poles that science generally treats , and in speaking of the sources of ...
Sivu 20
... magnetic indications on the chart is an excellent one , for it obviates the necessity of allowing the variation on a course found by the parallel rules -simply accepting the course angle given by the diagram being all - sufficient . In ...
... magnetic indications on the chart is an excellent one , for it obviates the necessity of allowing the variation on a course found by the parallel rules -simply accepting the course angle given by the diagram being all - sufficient . In ...
Sivu 23
... magnetic north . The adjustment of magnets is done by professional men , so it is unnecessary to enter into detail concerning this branch of magnetic science . It may be remarked , however , that this arrangement is liable to be af ...
... magnetic north . The adjustment of magnets is done by professional men , so it is unnecessary to enter into detail concerning this branch of magnetic science . It may be remarked , however , that this arrangement is liable to be af ...
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abaft altitude anchor answer beam bearing bells bend block boat bolted boom boom sail bottom bowsprit cable called canvas capstan carry cask chart chronometer clew column compass correct course course sailed crew dead reckoning deck declination departure difference distance east equator fast fathoms flags fore fore-and-aft fore-and-aft sail gaff Greenwich Gulf Stream gunwale halyards haul helm hoist hole horizon iron keel keep knots latitude lead leeward leeway light light sail longitude lower magnetic mast meridian miles minutes navigation noon observe piece of wood Pieces of timber planks pole rigging Right Ascension rope round rowlock rudder running sailing-master Sandy Hook scarphed secure sheave ship ship's signals spar standing rigging starboard steamship stern stowed subtract sun's tack tackle tide topgallant sail turn upper vessel vessel's head vessel's side watch weather westerly variation wind windward yacht yard
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Sivu 90 - 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.
Sivu 97 - 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.
Sivu 94 - 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.
Sivu 95 - 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.
Sivu 94 - 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...
Sivu 90 - ... light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Sivu 96 - 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.
Sivu 92 - ... 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.
Sivu 96 - In narrow channels every steam vessel shall, when it is safe and practicable, keep to that side of the fairway or mid-channel which lies on the starboard side of such vessel.
Sivu 90 - Each of these lights shall be of the same construction and character, and shall be carried in the same position as the white light mentioned in Article 2 (a), except the additional light, which may be carried at a height of not less than 14 feet above the hull.