CONTENTS-PART III. New Rules of the Road at Sea-Fog Signals-Lights, Danger Signals, Pilot Rules and Lights to be Carried for Harbor and Inland Navigation Pilot Rules and Lights to be Carried for Western Rivers The Lead and Line-How to Mark it and How to Use it. The Drift PAGE. 139 148 151 Signals for Pilots-Day and Night-Also for Towing Boats Honors to the Captain when Coming on Board, and when Leaving 164 165 166 Life Saving Service, with Instructions to mariners in case of Shipwreck 178 The attention of all persons concerned is invited to the changes in the steering and sailing rules, etc., made by the act of March 3, 1885, directing that the "Revised International Rules and Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea," printed below, shall be followed in the navigation of all public and private vessels of the United States upon the high seas, and in all coast waters of the United States, except harbors, lakes, and inland waters. STEAM AND SAIL VESSELS. ARTICLE 1. In the following rules every steamship which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing ship, and every steamship which is under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a ship under steam. LIGHTS. ART. 2. The lights mentioned in the following articles, numbered three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, and eleven, and no others, shall be carried in all weathers, from sunset to sunrise. ART. 3. A sea-going steamship, when under way, shall carry (a) On or in front of the foremast, at a height above the hull of not less than twenty feet, and if the breadth of the ship exceeds twenty feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such breadth, a bright white light, so constructed as to show a uniform and 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 ship, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least five miles. (b) On the starboard side a green light, so constructed as to show a uniform and 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 the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles. (c) On the port side a red light, so constructed as to show a uniform and 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 the port side, and of such a character as to be visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least two miles. *See "Reservation of Rules for Harbor and Inland Navigation." |