SEAMANSHIP

COMPILED FOR

CANDIDATES PREPARING TO
PASS THE MARINE BOARD

EXAMINATIONS

FOR

CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY
AS MATES AND MASTERS

TWELFTH EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED

[ENTERED AT STATIONERS' HALL]

SUNDERLAND
PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY AND FOR
THOMAS REED AND CO,
AT THEIR CHART & NAVIGATION WAREHOUSE

184, HIGH STREET WEST
231..g. 65.

CONTENTS

FOR SECOND MATES

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Sextant ...

Geographical and Astronomical Definitions..

Commercial Code of Signals .......

Log Line and Glass ...

Lead Line ........................

Stowage of Cargoes .....

New Law on Carriage of Grain.

New Rule of the Road .

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Explanation of the Ten Point Business ..

Rocket Apparatus .......

Rigging, &c. ...

Management of a Ship under Canvas ..

Loss of Bowsprit, Masts, &c. ........

Duties of Second Mate ............

ADDITIONAL FOR ONLY MATES

Examination in Chart

Tending Tide, &c....

Ship’s Log ..

Mate's Duties....

Bearings of Lights ...

Dangers and Navigation of the Euglish Channel, &c.

ADDITIONAL FOR FIRST MATES

Official Log Book ........................

Lifting heavy Weights .......

A Man overboard ....

Taking in a Main Yari.........

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ADDITIONAL FOR MASTERS

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Commercial Code of Signals

Chart (additional) .......

Deviation of the Compass .......

Heeling Error.

Current Sailing

To reduce Depth by Lead to Soundings on Chart .......

Ship's Business :-

Charter. Pa

Invoice ................

Bill of Lading, &c. ...

Bill of Health

Manifest.

Documents to clear Ship, &c.

'After Sailing .....

Survey ..

Protest ..

Bottomry and Respondentia, &c. ...

Bill of Exchange .....

Average .................. .............

Dangers and Navigation of the English Channel ........

----East Coast of England...

How to rig a Jury Rudder .......

Seamanship................

103

Heaving a Ship down, &c. ...

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ADDITIONAL FOR EXTRA MASTERS

Management of a Ship on the Strand

Acting on a Survey

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Lower Mast sprung at Sea ...

Leak in Scarf of Stem .......

Law of Storms.

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Great Circle Sailing .....

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Appendix A.-Lloyd's Rules for the Stowage of Cargoes

B.--Regulations for preventing Collisions st Sea

127

T_Ruy Load, in verses ....................

ket Apparatus .......... 135

G.-

ontaining the Directions 136

H.-1

tress, &c.............144

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Appendix I.-Lights-English Channel

- East Coast of England ....

Day Marks for the Light Vessels .........

Lights— East and West Coasts of Scotland

- - Orkneys, Shetlands, &c. ..........

- Hebrides, &c. .....................

Firth of Clyde .......

West Coast of England, and Isle of Man

St. George's and Bristol Channels ....... .152

Coasts of Ireland

153

Fog Signals........................

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- English Channel ......

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East Coast of England ......

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Scotland..

- West Coast of England ..

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- - Ireland .......

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MANAGEMENT OF STEAMERS

Appendix K.-Getting under weigh.....

Steam Ships under Canvas ...........

- -- in Stormy Weather....

Sea Anchor......

Heaving Lead in Heavy Weather

Rescuing Crew of a Disabled Ship..

Towing Vessels .

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Steam Appliances in case of Fire ........

Going astern and turning short round ..

Ballast Tanks........

Sluices...

Lifting Heavy Weights.

Vessels in Dry Dock..

Engine Room Telegraph ..

Screw Race.....

Ventilation .......

Explosives ........