Philippine Islands Sailing DirectionsBureau of Printing, 1906 |
Common terms and phrases
12 fathoms 13 miles 9 fathoms Ambil Island anchor anchorage Arena Point Bagatao Balayan bank Batangas Bondoc Point Burias Island Calapan Point Cape Calavite Capul Island channel coast of Luzon coast trends coral deep eastern entrance point eastern side edge fathoms of water feet high fringed G. S. chart high water Island bearing Islet Laguimanoc least depth low water Lubang Island Luzon lying Manila Masbate mile from shore mile in extent mile wide miles eastward miles long miles southeastward miles southward Mindoro mouth mud bottom narrow Nasugbu north and south northeast monsoon northern northward Pagbilao Point bearing Ragay Gulf reef which extends rocky shoal San Bernardino Strait sand beaches sandy Santa Cruz sheltered situated small islet small vessels Sorsogon Bay southeast southern southwest steep steep-to steer Tablas Islands Tayabas Bay Tayabas River Ticao Islands tidal tide town Varadero Verde Island Passage visible weather western westward winds wooded yards wide
Popular passages
Page 33 - ... produce strong ripplings, and set from 3 to 4 miles an hour round cape Three points. COAST. — Rivers peak, about 20 miles south of cape Blanco, is isolated, and when bearing West, shows northward of a table-topped range ESE of it, which latter has a fine steep bluff at its southern end. Rivers peak may be seen from a distance of 20 miles in clear weather. The coast line between cape Blanco and port Desire is low and imperfectly known ; within the distance of 3 to 5 miles* from the shore there...
Page 48 - The rocky shoal that surrounds the point is very narrow, except on the side of Palatuan Bay. PORT SORSOGON is the largest and best harbor in the strait of San Bernardino, and is a good refuge in case of a typhoon or a colla, and for effecting repairs. The entrance is divided into three channels by the islands Malumahuan and Bagatao. The channel between these two islands is the only one practicable for vessels, the others between the islands and the coast being narrow and shoal. A narrow shoal stretches...
Page 21 - It is pretty free from dangers at the mouth, and good holding ground will be found in depths between 10 and 20 fathoms. Within the former depth it suddenly shoals, and several lines of coral ledge bar the inner depths of the bay from direct access, although excellent shelter would be found by a vessel moored between these barriers to which they might easily be conducted. At the village a brisk rivulet supplies most excellent water, but boats can not fill except at high water.
Page 20 - So mile all winds and completely protected from the sea. The holding ground is excellent. The entrance faces the NNW. and is beaconed by the reefs on which the sea breaks during rough weather. In the entrance there are depths of 14 to 5£ fathoms in low water, in mid-channel, and the western shore can be approached until the anchorage in front of the bastion is reached, in 5^ to 3f fathoms, mud and sand. The bottom of the bay is occupied by a shoal in the shape of a half moon, showing at low water,...
Page 29 - ... coast, on account of its good holding ground and its proximity to those two towns. In case of necessity, anchorage can be had on the coast east and west of the above road, but very, close to the shore, and on bottom of gravel and rock. Point Matoko, which forms the eastern extremity of Batangas Bay, is high, wooded, and precipitous, with one low point to the southwest. The coast to the eastward is rocky for 1£ miles, as far as a sloping point (Ilijan) ; it then forms a slight indentation, ending...
Page 23 - ... alcalde mayor and several public functionaries. The city is situated 96 miles from Manila. Mount Kalavite is a long-backed promontory, the western slope of which forms Cape Kalavite, and the northern slope Point del Monte; the summit, about 2,000 feet high, appears dome-shaped when seen from the west, but from the north or south it shows a long ridge fairly level; the western end of this ridge is the highest part. The capital of the province, Calapan, is a coast town.
Page 45 - BUSIN* is formed by a channel 3£ miles long and $ mile wide in the narrowest part, between Busin and Burias Islands. The western entrance is narrow and crooked and very dangerous for a sailing vessel. The northern entrance is preferable, being straight, and its banks are steep-to. The northern entrance may be easily recognized by Colorada Point, the north cape of Burias, which is higher than Busin Island and shows yellow patches among the trees that cover it. The coast near the entrance may also...
Page 56 - ... BOUNDARIES AND GENERAL CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY. The island of Masbate is bounded on the north by the Strait of San Bernardino and by the seas which bathe the shores of Burias, Cebu, Panay, and Romblon. It extends from northwest to southeast for a distance of 72 miles, and is triangular in shape. It is very mountainous, there being a high central chain which follows a semicircular direction and terminates in the .southwestern and southeastern points of the island, throwing out spurs to the northwest,...
Page 48 - Sorsogon Bay is the largest and best harbor in southern Luzon and is a good refuge in case of a typhoon or colla and for effecting repairs. The entrance is divided into three channels by Malaumauan and Bagatao Islands.
Page 22 - ... making the latter rugged and dangerous. The island is of an oval form, with a prolongation of the northern portion toward the west. Though an easy day's sail from Manila, it is one of the least populous islands of the archipelago, being extremely mountainous, covered with dense forests, and in the more level parts near the coast full of marshes, and very unhealthful.