Text-book of Seamanship: The Equipping and Handling of Vessels Under Sail Or Steam, for the Use of the United States Naval AcademyD. Van Nostrand Company, 1898 - 579 páginas |
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... Turning the cranks forward , or in the direction for reeling in , pushes the sleeve in and clamps the friction ... turns out . On the end of the wire is a lead toggle , to which about two fathoms of plaited rope is made fast , the other ...
... Turning the cranks forward , or in the direction for reeling in , pushes the sleeve in and clamps the friction ... turns out . On the end of the wire is a lead toggle , to which about two fathoms of plaited rope is made fast , the other ...
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... turn aft , the catch being down , and the arm in it . This releases the drum , allowing it to revolve freely and the wire to run out . Keep the finger pin pressing on the wire . When the bottom is reached , [ shown by the wire slacking ...
... turn aft , the catch being down , and the arm in it . This releases the drum , allowing it to revolve freely and the wire to run out . Keep the finger pin pressing on the wire . When the bottom is reached , [ shown by the wire slacking ...
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... Turn ; the glass - holder answers , Turn . Watching the glass , the moment it is run out , he says , Up ! The reel being immediately stopped , the last mark run off shows the number of knots , and the distance of that mark from the rail ...
... Turn ; the glass - holder answers , Turn . Watching the glass , the moment it is run out , he says , Up ! The reel being immediately stopped , the last mark run off shows the number of knots , and the distance of that mark from the rail ...
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... turns if much strain is anticipated . " The best bend for a hawser to a kedge is a Fisherman's bend , Fig . 102 , Plate 19 , or a round turn and a couple of half - hitches , Fig . 101 , with the end stopped down with spun - yarn ...
... turns if much strain is anticipated . " The best bend for a hawser to a kedge is a Fisherman's bend , Fig . 102 , Plate 19 , or a round turn and a couple of half - hitches , Fig . 101 , with the end stopped down with spun - yarn ...
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... turning - in - machine , Fig . A , Plate 49 , bringing both ends of the service together . Clap on a good figure - of ... turn in it , stick it under the two strands , and with a quick jerk to the left and toward you bring it in place ...
... turning - in - machine , Fig . A , Plate 49 , bringing both ends of the service together . Clap on a good figure - of ... turn in it , stick it under the two strands , and with a quick jerk to the left and toward you bring it in place ...
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abaft ahead aloft anchor angle beam bight boat bolt boom bowlines bowsprit braces buntlines buoy cable capstan centre chain clear clew clewlines cringle deck down-haul fathoms feet fitted fore and aft fore and main forecastle foresail forward frame furl FURL SAIL gear halliards Haul taut hawser head sails head yards heave heel helm hoisted hook inches iron keel keelson knot laniard lashing let go lifts lower luff mainsail mast mast-head metacentric height mizzen outhaul pass pendant Plate port purchase quarter ratline reef reeve rigging rope round rove royal rudder running rigging sail screw secured seizing shackle sheave sheer sheet ship ship's shrouds side spanker spars splice square standing starboard stay staysail steam stern strap studding-sail tack tackle thimble tide toggle topgallant topgallant mast topgallant sail topmast topsail trysail turns upper vessel weather whip wind wire yard-arm
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Página 277 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, 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 look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Página 275 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Página 275 - 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.
Página 268 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Página 276 - 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 272 - ... light, in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least 1 mile.
Página 276 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Página 270 - ... mile, or a combined lantern showing a green light and a red light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on their respective sides. Such lantern shall be carried not less than 3 feet below the white light.
Página 275 - When both are running free, with the wind on the same side, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to leeward. (e) A vessel which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the other vessel.
Página 273 - sailing vessels " and " vessels towed " on the fog horn. The words " prolonged blast " used in this article shall mean a blast of from four to six seconds duration.