Modern SeamanshipD. Van Nostrand Company, 1910 - 540 páginas |
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... throw it over the post . PLATE 18 shows a series of knots which are worked in the end or the body of the rope by unlaying the rope and using its own strands . A whipping is usually put on below the point where the knot is to be . Knots ...
... throw it over the post . PLATE 18 shows a series of knots which are worked in the end or the body of the rope by unlaying the rope and using its own strands . A whipping is usually put on below the point where the knot is to be . Knots ...
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... throw it entirely on the rolling tackle , which we will assume to be a two - fold purchase with the double block hooked to the yard . This gives 5 parts to divide the thrust . Tension on each part = 760 lbs . = 0.33 ton . Size of fall ...
... throw it entirely on the rolling tackle , which we will assume to be a two - fold purchase with the double block hooked to the yard . This gives 5 parts to divide the thrust . Tension on each part = 760 lbs . = 0.33 ton . Size of fall ...
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... throws the chip and the slack line clear of the dead water under the stern . As the line straightens out , he hauls off more line from the reel with one hand and lets it slip through the other . As the mark indicating the limit of the ...
... throws the chip and the slack line clear of the dead water under the stern . As the line straightens out , he hauls off more line from the reel with one hand and lets it slip through the other . As the mark indicating the limit of the ...
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... thrown over and allowed to sink to the bottom , after which the line is paid out and the time noted exactly as in the case of the chip - log , care being taken not to drag the lead . This method not only gives the speed over the bottom ...
... thrown over and allowed to sink to the bottom , after which the line is paid out and the time noted exactly as in the case of the chip - log , care being taken not to drag the lead . This method not only gives the speed over the bottom ...
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... thrown on by turning the handle back , and the wire tautens again at once . It is clear that the wire cannot be ... throwing up the hinged clamp E , which allows the reel , friction - plates , and nut , to turn together , reeling in the ...
... thrown on by turning the handle back , and the wire tautens again at once . It is clear that the wire cannot be ... throwing up the hinged clamp E , which allows the reel , friction - plates , and nut , to turn together , reeling in the ...
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ahead anchor angle armor beam Bend bight block boat boiler boom brake Bulkhead cable capstan Capt Carrick Bend carry chain clear compass connected convenient coxswain danger davits deck diameter distance engines fall fathoms feet fitted force forward friction gear guys gyroscope Half Hitches halyards handling hauling hawse hawse-pipe hawser heavy helm hemp hoisting hook inches keel keep knots lashed lead length let go life-boat lift light load lower manila mast oars Overhand Knot parallelogram of forces pendant pipe Plate port pull pump purchase rope Round Seizing rowlocks rudder rules sail screw shackle shaft sheave ship side signal single slack small-stuff spar speed Splice starboard steam steam-vessel steamer steering stern strands strap surf swivel tackle tension tons topping-lift towing tube tucked turn U. S. Navy United States Navy valve vessel weight wind windlass wire wire-rope yard
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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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