Rules to Prevent Collisions of Vessels and Pilot Rules for Certain Inland Waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and of the Coast of the Gulf of MexicoU.S. Government Printing Office, 1944 |
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abaft the beam anchor Apalachee Bay best be seen bright white light canal boats Carrabelle carry a white channel colored side lights distance dredges east as Montreal feet in length flare-up light fog horn Former Pilot Rule Galveston green and red green light Gulf of Mexico Harbor hawser horizon INLAND RULES inland waters INTERNATIONAL RULES lantern least two miles light from right Lighted Whistle Buoy Lighthouse lights prescribed lights required line drawn Marquesas Keys motorboats navigation OCHLOCKONEE BAY overtaking vessel pass Pilot vessels pilotage pilotage duty points abaft port side preventing collisions prolonged blast propelled by machinery red light right ahead risk of collision sailing vessel San Carlos Bay scows seagoing sels short blasts starboard starboard side Stat station on pilotage steam vessel steam whistle stern thence throw the light tons gross tonnage unbroken light vessel ahead vessel towed vessels or boats visible whistle or siren white light
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Page 20 - A steam vessel hearing, apparently forward of her beam, the fog signal of a vessel, the position of which is not ascertained shall, so far as the circumstances of the case admit, stop her engines, and then navigate with caution until danger of collision is over.
Page 4 - ... light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Page 4 - On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Page 4 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 22 - It does not apply by day to cases in which a vessel sees another ahead crossing her own course, or by night to cases where the red light of one vessel is opposed to the red light of the other, or where the green light of one vessel is opposed to the green light of the other, or where a red light without a green light or a green light without a red light is seen ahead, or where both green and red lights are seen anywhere but ahead.
Page 21 - Rule 18 (a) When two power-driven 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.
Page 17 - Every vessel may, if necessary in order to attract attention, in addition to the lights which she is by these Rules required to carry, show a flare-up light or use any detonating signal that cannot be mistaken for a distress signal.
Page 26 - 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.
Page 10 - Pilot vessels, when engaged on their station on pilotage duty, shall not show the lights required for other vessels, but shall carry a white light at the masthead, visible all around the horizon, and shall also exhibit a flare-up light or flare-up lights at short intervals, which shall never exceed fifteen minutes.
Page 25 - 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...