The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and ResponsibilitiesRiesenberg, Felix
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The Men on Deck: Master, Mates and Crew, Their Duties and Responsibilities
Riesenberg, Felix
Merchant marine -- United States; Navigation; Sailors
ART. 8. 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.
On the near approach of or to other vessels they shall have their side
lights lighted, ready for use, and shall flash or show them at short
intervals, to indicate the direction in which they are heading, but the
green light shall not be shown on the port side, nor the red light on
the starboard side.
A pilot vessel of such a class as to be obliged to go alongside of a
vessel to put a pilot on board may show the white light instead of
carrying it at the masthead, and may, instead of the colored lights
above mentioned, have at hand, ready for use, a lantern with green glass
on the one side and red glass on the other, to be used as prescribed
above.
Pilot vessels when not engaged on their station on pilotage duty shall
carry lights similar to those of other vessels of their tonnage.
A steam pilot vessel, when engaged on her station on pilotage duty and
in the waters of the United States, and not at anchor, shall, in
addition to the lights required for all pilot boats, carry at a distance
of eight feet below her white masthead light a red light, visible all
around the horizon 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, and
also the colored side lights required to be carried by vessels when
under way.
When engaged on her station on pilotage duty and in waters of the United
States, and at anchor, she shall carry in addition to the lights
required for all pilot boats the red light above mentioned, but not the
colored side lights. When not engaged on her station on pilotage duty,
she shall carry the same lights as other steam vessels.
Lights, etc., of fishing vessels.
ART. 9. Fishing vessels and fishing boats, when under way and when not
required by this article to carry or show the lights hereinafter
specified, shall carry or show the lights prescribed for vessels of
their tonnage under way.
(_a_) Open boats, by which it is to be understood boats not protected
from the entry of sea water by means of a continuous deck, when engaged
in any fishing at night, with outlying tackle extending not more than
one hundred and fifty feet horizontally from the boat into the seaway,
shall carry one all-round white light.
Open boats, when fishing at night, with outlying tackle extending more
than one hundred and fifty feet horizontally from the boat into the
seaway, shall carry one all-round white light, and in addition, on
approaching or being approached by other vessels, shall show a second
white light at least three feet below the first light and at a
horizontal distance of at least five feet away from it in the direction
in which the outlying tackle is attached.
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