United States Coast Pilot, Philippine Islands ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1927 - Coastwise navigation |
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1/4 mile wide 1½ mile 12 fathoms anchor anchorage bank Batan Island berth Biliran Bohol buoy Cebu channel chart church clear and steep-to Coast Pilot coast trends coral reef cove dangers deep water distance east eastern side edge entering entrance point fathoms 11 fathoms 3.6 fathoms 5.5 fathoms 7.3 fathoms 9.1 feet fringed harbor heavily wooded high water hills Iloilo Islet land least depth Leyte low water Luzon lying mangroves Manila Marinduque Masbate mile from shore miles eastward miles southeastward miles southward Mindoro mouth muddy bottom narrow navigation nearly northeast monsoon northern entrance northward northwest number of small Panay Island Pasig River pass patch pilotage Point the coast Poro Island port prominent reef extends River rock awash rocky sand beach sandy sheltered shoal shore reef small vessels Solvec south-southwestward southeast southern southwest steep-to steer Strait surrounded tide town typhoon village visible ward western westward winds
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Page 333 - ... (c) A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack one blast, when on the port tack two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam three blasts in succession.
Page 329 - ... in a vertical line one over the other, not less than six feet apart, and of such a character as to be visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least two miles...
Page 333 - 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, as follows, viz.
Page 328 - In the following rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel. The word "steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery. A vessel is "under way...
Page 328 - The rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited.
Page 332 - If a vessel or boat when fishing becomes stationary in consequence of her gear getting fast to a rock or other obstruction, she shall in daytime haul down the...
Page 333 - ... shall be provided with an efficient whistle or siren, sounded by steam or by some substitute for steam, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and with an efficient fog horn, to be sounded by mechanical means, and also with an efficient bell.
Page 329 - The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to be visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 332 - ... feet above the hull, one such light, and at or near the stern of the vessel, and at such a height that it shall be not less than fifteen feet lower than the forward light, another such light.
Page 329 - ... if the length of the tow, measuring from the stern of the towing vessel to the stern of the last vessel towed, exceeds 600 feet.