United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Sandy Hook to Cape HenryU.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - Pilot guides |
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100 feet wide 12 feet 40 feet 9 feet anchorage bascule bush stakes Canal capable of hauling Cape Charles Cape Henry chart Chesapeake Bay Chester River Choptank River Christina River controlling depth Creek Delaware Bay Delaware River Direct distance dredged channel east side eastern eastward feet alongside feet at MHW feet deep feet draft feet in length fishing Gasoline Hampton Roads Harbor high water highway bridge horizontal clearance Inlet James River jetty landing Light bearing lighted bell buoy lighted buoy low water marine railway marked by buoys mean range MHW when closed mid-channel miles mouth Newport Norfolk north side northward obtained Old Point Comfort oyster pass pier Pocomoke Sound Point Light Port Potomac River railroad bridge range of tide Reverse River Light Shoal Light shore south side southeastward southward span Tangier Sound thence vertical clearance vessels west side western side westward wharf wharves Wicomico River Yacht Club yards
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Page 2 - ... the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to be visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least 2 miles.
Page 10 - States, or into any tributary of any navigable water from which the same shall float or be washed into such navigable water; and it shall not be lawful to deposit, or cause, suffer, or procure to be deposited material of any kind in any place on the bank of any navigable water...
Page 10 - ... any refuse matter of any kind or description whatever other than that flowing from streets and sewers and passing therefrom in a liquid state, into any navigable water of the United States...
Page 19 - Service" means the Public Health Service; (c) The term "Surgeon General" means the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service; (d) The term "seamen" includes any person employed on board in the care, preservation, or navigation...
Page 16 - Two flags, a white and red, waved at the same time on shore by day, or two lights, a white and a red, slowly swung at the same time, or a blue pyro-technic light burned by night, will signify, 'Do not attempt to land in your own boats; it is impossible.' "A man on shore beckoning by day, or two torches burning near together by night, will signify, 'This is the best place to land.
Page 32 - If the weather conditions are good and sound signals can be heard when a vessel approaches a drawbridge and desires to pass through the draw, three distinct blasts of a whistle, horn, or megaphone shall be sounded from the vessel when within reasonable hearing distance of the bridge.
Page 10 - ... it shall be the duty of the owner of such sunken craft to commence the immediate removal of the same, and prosecute such removal diligently, and failure to do so shall be considered as an abandonment of such craft, and subject the same to removal by the United States as provided for in sections 411 to 416, 418, and 502 of this title.
Page 15 - Make the tail of the block fast to the lower mast, well up. If the masts are gone, then to the best place you can find. Cast off shot line, see that the rope in the block runs free, and show signal to the shore.
Page 134 - ... shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof before any court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine...
Page 18 - For a boat riding in bad weather from a sea anchor, it is recommended to fasten the bag to an endless line rove through a block on the sea anchor, by which means the oil can be diffused well ahead of the boat and the bag readily hauled on board for refilling, if necessary.