United States Coast Pilot 6: Great Lakes: Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron, Michigan, and Superior and St. Lawrence RiverU.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service., 1990 - Pilot guides |
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... Signal presence can be detected by an FM radio tuned to 99.5 MHz , or an AM radio tuned to any vacant frequency and located close to an EPIRB . FCC rules allow Class C EPIRBs to be tested within the first five minutes of every hour , for 8.
... Signal presence can be detected by an FM radio tuned to 99.5 MHz , or an AM radio tuned to any vacant frequency and located close to an EPIRB . FCC rules allow Class C EPIRBs to be tested within the first five minutes of every hour , for 8.
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... close ahead at low altitude , rocking the wings , opening and closing the throttle , or changing the propeller pitch . ( c ) Heading in the direction in which the surface craft is to be directed . The surface craft should acknowledge ...
... close ahead at low altitude , rocking the wings , opening and closing the throttle , or changing the propeller pitch . ( c ) Heading in the direction in which the surface craft is to be directed . The surface craft should acknowledge ...
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... close to the hoist area as his condition will permit - time is important . ( 2 ) Normally , if a litter ( stretcher ) is required , it will be necessary to move the patient to the special litter which will be lowered by the helicopter ...
... close to the hoist area as his condition will permit - time is important . ( 2 ) Normally , if a litter ( stretcher ) is required , it will be necessary to move the patient to the special litter which will be lowered by the helicopter ...
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... close to . Arcs of circles drawn on charts around a light are not intended to give information as to the distance at which it can be seen , but solely to indicate , in the case of lights which do not show equally in all directions , the ...
... close to . Arcs of circles drawn on charts around a light are not intended to give information as to the distance at which it can be seen , but solely to indicate , in the case of lights which do not show equally in all directions , the ...
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... close aboard always risks collision with a yawing buoy or with the obstruction the buoy marks . 5 10 15 20 25 Buoys may not always properly mark shoals or other obstructions due to shifting of the shoals or of the buoys . Buoys marking ...
... close aboard always risks collision with a yawing buoy or with the obstruction the buoy marks . 5 10 15 20 25 Buoys may not always properly mark shoals or other obstructions due to shifting of the shoals or of the buoys . Buoys marking ...
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18 feet 27 feet alongside anchorage appendix for address Bascule berthing space breakwater bridge Highway buoy buoy marks Canadian Canal channel leads Charts Clair River clearance Coast Guard controlling depth Corp craft deck height deep water Detroit River diesel fuel dredged channel engine repairs facilities feet of berthing fog signal gasoline Island Lake Erie Lake Huron Lake Michigan Lake Ontario launching ramp least depth lighted buoy lighted range lock marine supplies marked by lights mile offshore miles SW navigation Niagara River North Notice to Mariners Number NW side open on signal open storage operated outer end outer harbor Overhead cable Overhead cable Power pier Point Port provides transient berths Railroad receipt Reef regulations reported depths river mouth Rock Seaway sewage pump-out ship shoal Shoals extend shore Small-craft South Street bridge Sturgeon Bay thence tons turning basin vessels W side Waterways Welland Canal wharf winds
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Page 22 - Flashing the rays of a searchlight or other blinding light onto the bridge or into the pilothouse of any vessel under way is prohibited. Any person who shall flash or cause to be flashed the rays of a blinding light in violation...
Page 55 - ... movement of any vessel, foreign or domestic, in the territorial waters of the United States, may inspect such vessel at any time, place guards thereon, and, if necessary in his opinion in order to secure such vessels from damage or injury, or to prevent damage or injury to any harbor or waters of the United States...
Page 63 - Rules and regulations governing the movements of vessels and rafts in St. Marys River from Point Iroquois, on Lake Superior, to Point Detour, on Lake Huron...
Page 67 - ... shall have arrived within half a mile of such curve or bend, shall give a signal by one long blast of the steam whistle...
Page 53 - ... vessel" means every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water other than a public vessel; (4) "public vessel" means a vessel owned or bareboat chartered and operated by the United States, or by a State or political subdivision thereof, or by a foreign nation, except when such vessel is engaged in commerce...
Page 26 - ... capable of transmitting and receiving on the frequency or frequencies within the 156-162 Mega-Hertz band using the classes of emissions designated by the Federal Communications Commission, after consultation with other cognizant agencies, for the exchange of navigational information.
Page 20 - The mariner is also cautioned that buoys are liable to be carried away, shifted, capsized, sunk, etc. Lighted buoys may be extinguished or sound signals may not function as the result of ice or other natural causes, collisions, or other accidents.
Page 27 - Provided further, That vessels not more than sixtyfive feet in length when at anchor in any such special anchorage area shall not be required to carry or exhibit the white light required by this article.
Page 53 - The response of the (name of the vessel) may be different from those listed above if any of the following conditions, upon which the maneuvering information is based, are varied: (1) Calm weather— wind 10 knots or less, calm sea; (2) No current; (3) Water depth twice the vessel's draft or greater. (4) Clean hull; and (5) Intermediate drafts or unusual trim.
Page 159 - ... with the provisions of this article, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor...