Modern SeamanshipD. Van Nostrand Company, 1910 - 540 páginas |
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... GOING AHEAD . The Turning of Ships . - The Turning Circle . § III . SHIP AND SCREW GOING ASTERN . Effects of Rudder and Screw Currents . §IV . SHIP GOING AHEAD , SCREW BACKING . Forces Involved and their Effects . — Behavior of the Ship ...
... GOING AHEAD . The Turning of Ships . - The Turning Circle . § III . SHIP AND SCREW GOING ASTERN . Effects of Rudder and Screw Currents . §IV . SHIP GOING AHEAD , SCREW BACKING . Forces Involved and their Effects . — Behavior of the Ship ...
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... going to hold , it is well to block up from deck to deck with heavy planks crossing the hatches under the object as it is hoisted from below , and follow- ing up as close to it as possible , so that it cannot drop more than a few inches ...
... going to hold , it is well to block up from deck to deck with heavy planks crossing the hatches under the object as it is hoisted from below , and follow- ing up as close to it as possible , so that it cannot drop more than a few inches ...
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... going into dry dock or when tied up at a wharf for any length of time , the speed tube should be pulled in a few inches to avoid the possibility of its being struck and damaged or filled with mud . The sea - cocks may be closed , but it ...
... going into dry dock or when tied up at a wharf for any length of time , the speed tube should be pulled in a few inches to avoid the possibility of its being struck and damaged or filled with mud . The sea - cocks may be closed , but it ...
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... going 8 knots . If reliable soundings are wanted in depths greater than this , the speed must be reduced or the sounding- machine used . The old style of marking the lead - line was as follows : At 2 fathoms , with 2 strips of leather ...
... going 8 knots . If reliable soundings are wanted in depths greater than this , the speed must be reduced or the sounding- machine used . The old style of marking the lead - line was as follows : At 2 fathoms , with 2 strips of leather ...
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... going at anything more than 5 knots , and if the brake is instantly applied , when , by the wire's yielding to the brass pin , the commencement of slacking is shown . The brake should be instantly applied , so as to slow the motion of ...
... going at anything more than 5 knots , and if the brake is instantly applied , when , by the wire's yielding to the brass pin , the commencement of slacking is shown . The brake should be instantly applied , so as to slow the motion of ...
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Página 273 - Art. 17. 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...
Página 266 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Página 271 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length when at anchor shall carry forward, where it can best be. seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a lantern so constructed as to show a- clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around1 the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Página 282 - War in pursuance of the provisions of the said section eleven, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty-five hundred dollars nor less than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person), not exceeding one year, or by both such punishments, in the discretion of the court.
Página 259 - ... other; in other words, to cases in which by day each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line or nearly in...
Página 262 - Every vessel coming up with another vessel from any direction more than two points abaft her beam, that is, in such a position, with reference to the vessel which she is overtaking that at night she would be unable to see either of that vessel's side-lights, shall be deemed .to be an overtaking vessel...
Página 265 - When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, viz. : — ' In the daytime — 1. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. 2. The International Code signal of distress indicated by NC 3.
Página 276 - 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.
Página 247 - Sailing vessels and boats of less than 20 tons gross tonnage shall not be obliged to give the above-mentioned signals; but if they do not, they shall make some other efficient sound signal at intervals of not more than one minute.
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