United States Coast Pilot: Philippine IslandsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1940 - Pilot guides |
Common terms and phrases
1½ mile 15 fathoms anchor anchorage Aparri bank Batan Island bearing berth Biliran Bohol buoy cargo Cebu channel Chart church coast trends copra coral reef direction dist distance east eastern entering entrance point fathoms fathoms 3.7 fathoms 5.5 fathoms 9.1 feet fixed red fringed harbor heavily wooded high water hills Iloilo Iloilo River Island Islet land latitude least depth Leyte lies longitude low water Luzon lying mangroves Manila Marinduque Masbate mile from shore mile wide miles eastward miles southeastward miles southward Mindoro mouth muddy bottom narrow navigation northeast monsoon northern northward northwest offshore Panay Island Pasig River pass Philippine pier Point the coast port prominent radio reef extends Reverse_ River rocky San Bernardino Strait sand beach sandy shoal shoal water shore reef signal small vessels southeast southern southwest steep-to steer Strait tide town true typhoon village ward weather western side westward wharf winds yards
Popular passages
Page 510 - ... abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 512 - Korea, sailing fishing vessels of less than 20 tons gross tonnage shall not be obliged to carry the lower of these two lights. Should they, however, not carry it, they shall show in the same position (in the direction of the lines) a white light visible at a distance of not less than 1 sea mile on the approach of or to other vessels. (d) Vessels when engaged in trawling, by which is meant the dragging of an apparatus along the bottom of the sea — First.
Page 515 - A vessel which is closehauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is closehauled on the starboard tack. (c) 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.
Page 516 - I am directing my course to port." Three short blasts to mean, "My engines are going at full speed astern." No VESSEL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, TO NEGLECT PROPER PRECAUTIONS ART. 29. 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 that may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen or by the special circumstances...
Page 515 - When a steam vessel and a sailing vessel are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of collision the steam vessel shall keep out of the way of the sailing vessel.
Page 516 - When vessels are in sight of one another, a steam vessel under way, in taking any course authorized or required by these rules, shall indicate that course by the following signals on her whistle or siren, namely : One short blast to mean, "I am directing my course to starboard.
Page 512 - Vessels and boats; except open boats as defined in subdivision (a), when fishing with drift nets, shall, so long as the nets are wholly or partly in the water, carry two white lights where they can best be seen. Such lights shall be placed so that the vertical distance between them shall be not less than...
Page 515 - 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 515 - ... 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 510 - ... of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...