The Yachtsman's Handbook on the Practical Equipping, Care and Handling of BoatsOuting publishing Company, 1912 - 217 páginas |
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Página 13
... reefs , ledges , and other dangers ; lighthouses , lightships , beacons , buoys , rangemarks , etc. , all classed as aids to naviga- tion ; and the depth of water and nature of the bottom at all points . The U. S. Government charts are ...
... reefs , ledges , and other dangers ; lighthouses , lightships , beacons , buoys , rangemarks , etc. , all classed as aids to naviga- tion ; and the depth of water and nature of the bottom at all points . The U. S. Government charts are ...
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... reef ; but on American sloops this tack is gen- erally shackled to an eye or a bale at the goose- neck , as the iron connection between the boom and mast is called . The outer end of the sail is marked clew . A sail should be Peaked up ...
... reef ; but on American sloops this tack is gen- erally shackled to an eye or a bale at the goose- neck , as the iron connection between the boom and mast is called . The outer end of the sail is marked clew . A sail should be Peaked up ...
Página 65
... reef points in shortening sail . Another point to be observed in attaching the throat of the sail is to see that enough slack is left so that , as the gaff is peaked up , the rope and sail be- tween the throat cringle and first grommet ...
... reef points in shortening sail . Another point to be observed in attaching the throat of the sail is to see that enough slack is left so that , as the gaff is peaked up , the rope and sail be- tween the throat cringle and first grommet ...
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... reef for regulating the amount of draft " dead . " There is no law to settle the question as to how much curve or draft to use , and this is generally left to the experience of the sail- maker . But draft there must be if we are to ...
... reef for regulating the amount of draft " dead . " There is no law to settle the question as to how much curve or draft to use , and this is generally left to the experience of the sail- maker . But draft there must be if we are to ...
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... reef it until you have used it few times , so the sail will not be undul stretched at any point . In reefing , the outer ree cringle should not be stretched too hard ; an yet to be a good sail it must be pulled , so tha the cloth when ...
... reef it until you have used it few times , so the sail will not be undul stretched at any point . In reefing , the outer ree cringle should not be stretched too hard ; an yet to be a good sail it must be pulled , so tha the cloth when ...
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Términos y frases comunes
anchor anchorage azimuth binnacle blasts boom bottom BOXING THE COMPASS buoy canvas carried chain cable chart chip log clew column compass bearing compass error compass rose course craft cringle cross curve deck deviation dinghy distance run engine fast fathoms flag flat flukes fore and aft forward freeboard gaff give grommet halyards harbor hard hauled head sails helm hoisted Horton's Point inches keep lead light sails lighthouse line of bearing luff magnetic magnetic bearing mainsail marked mooring motor boats navigation object owner painter parallel rulers pass patent log Pelorus plot port position power boat private signal proper pull range light reef rules salute second bearing shank sheet ship Ship's head sight vanes slack sounding spars speed spinnaker starboard steam vessels steamers steering stern stowed swing tack taken taking bearings tender tion weather weight whistle white light wind
Pasajes populares
Página 123 - 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 134 - 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 23 - 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 around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Página 141 - A steam vessel under way, but stopped, and having no way upon her, shall sound, at intervals of not more than two minutes, two prolonged blasts, with an interval of about one second between.
Página 137 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, 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 lookout, 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 127 - ... shall immediately signify the same by giving several short and rapid blasts of the steam whistle...
Página 124 - But if the courses of such vessels are so far on the starboard of each other as not to be considered as meeting head and head...
Página 122 - Risk of collision can, when circumstances permit, be ascertained by carefully watching the compass bearing of an approaching vessel. If the bearing does not appreciably change, such risk should be deemed to exist.
Página 125 - ... other ; in other words, to cases in which, by day, each ship sees the masts of the other in a line, or nearly in...
Página 123 - When both are running free with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.