Sailing Directions for the West Coasts of Mexico and Central America: The United States to Colombia, Including the Gulfs of California and PanamaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1951 |
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½ mile Amapala anchor anchorage Bahia bank berth bight bluff point boats Boca buoys Canal Cape Cape Corrientes Cerro channel cliffs close close-to cove curve dangers detached rocks distance east eastern side Ensenada entrance point Estero extremity fathoms feet high Guaymas gulf Gulf of Tehuantepec H. O. Chart harbor head headland hills Isla island islet kelp lagoon land least depth lies light is shown low and sandy low water lying Magdalena Bay mainland Manzanillo Mazatlan mile offshore miles eastward miles long miles northward miles northwestward miles southeastward miles wide Morro mountains mouth navigation northern northwest northwestern outer Panama peak pier port Puntarenas reef rises river rocky bluff rocky point Salina Cruz sand beach Santa sea breaks shoal shore situated southeast southern end southward sunken rocks tidal currents tide Topolobampo vessels vicinity War Cove ward weather western westward wharf width winds
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الصفحة 4 - 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, namely: In the daytime — First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute.
الصفحة 5 - The International Code signal of distress indicated by NC; (3) The distant signal, consisting of a square flag, having either above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball ; (4) A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.
الصفحة 6 - The highest and lowest of these lights shall be red, and the middle light shall be white, and they shall be of such a character as to be visible all round the horizon, at a distance of at least 2 miles.
الصفحة 5 - Mayday"; (f) the International Code Signal of distress indicated by NC; (g) a signal consisting of a square flag having above or below it a ball or anything resembling a ball...
الصفحة xxv - For a boat riding in bad weather from a sea anchor, it is recommended to fasten the bag to an endless line rove through a block on the sea anchor, by which means the oil can be diffused well ahead of the boat and the bag readily hauled on board for refilling, if necessary.
الصفحة xiii - Department, for the improvement of the means for navigating safely the vessels of the Navy and of the mercantile marine, by providing, under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, accurate and cheap nautical charts, sailing directions, navigators, and manuals of instructions for the use of all vessels of the United States, and for the benefit and use of navigators generally.
الصفحة 255 - Lake in the 1000-foot channels 15 Gatun Lake in the 800-foot channels 12 Gatun Lake in the 500-foot channels 10 Rounding Bohio or...
الصفحة 6 - ... 6 feet apart. At night two red lights shall be displayed in the same manner. In the case of a small vessel the distance between the balls and between the lights may be reduced to not less than 3 feet if necessary.
الصفحة 5 - A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. Second. Flames on the vessel (as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, and so forth.) Third. Rockets or shells throwing stars of any color or description, fired one at a time, at short intervals. Fourth. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus.
الصفحة 6 - A vessel of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, when at anchor in a fairway on surveying operations, shall display from the mast during the daytime two black balls in a vertical line and 6 feet apart. At night two red lights shall be displayed in the same manner. In the case of a small vessel the distance between the balls and between the lights may be reduced to 3 feet if necessary.