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
A line drawn from the easterly end of the northerly jetty, at the
entrance to the dredged channel ½ mile northerly of Norris Cut, 94° (E.
¼ S.), 1⅝ miles, to Florida Reefs North End Whistling Buoy, W (HS);
thence 178° (S. ¼ E.), 8 miles, to Biscayne Bay Sea Bell Buoy, 1; thence
182° (S. ⅛ W.), 2⅜ miles, to Fowey Rocks Lighthouse; thence 188° (S. ⅝
W.), 6¾ miles, to Triumph Reef Beacon, O; thence 193° (S. by W.), 4½
miles, to Ajax Reef Beacon, M; thence 194° (S. by W. ⅛ W.), 2 miles, to
Pacific Reef Beacon, L; thence 196½° (S. by W. ⅜ W.), 5 miles, to Turtle
Harbor Sea Buoy, 2; thence 210° (SSW. ½ W.), 4⅞ miles, to Carysfort Reef
Lighthouse; thence 209½° (SSW. ½ W.), 5¾ miles, to Elbow Reef Beacon, J;
thence 217½° (SW. ¾ S.), 9¾ miles, to Molasses Reef Gas Buoy, 2 M;
thence 235½° (SW. ¾ W.), 6 miles, to Conch Reef Beacon, E; thence 234½°
(SW. ¾ W.), through Crocker Reef Beacon, D, 10⅜ miles, to Alligator Reef
Lighthouse; thence 234° (SW. ⅝ W.), 10⅞ miles, to Tennessee Reef Buoy,
4; thence 251° (WSW. ⅛ W.), 10½ miles, to Coffins Patches Beacon, C;
thence 247° (SW. by W. ¾ W.), 8¾ miles, to Sombrero Key Lighthouse;
thence 253½° (WSW. ⅜ W.), 2⅞ miles, to Looe Key Beacon, 6; thence 257½°
(WSW. ¾ W.), 6⅜ miles, to American Shoal Lighthouse; thence 253° (WSW. ¼
W.), 2¼ miles, to Maryland Shoal Beacon, S; thence 259° (WSW. ⅞ W.), 5¼
miles, to Eastern Sambo Beacon, A; thence 253° (WSW. ¼ W.), 2¼ miles, to
Western Sambo Beacon, R; thence 257° (WSW. ⅝ W.), through Western Sambo
Buoy, 2, 5½ miles, to Key West Entrance Gas Buoy (PS); thence 262° (W. ⅞
S.), 4¼ miles, to Sand Key Lighthouse; thence 261° (W. by S.), 2¾ miles,
to Western Dry Rocks Beacon, 2; thence 268° (W. ⅜ S.), 3½ miles, through
Satan Shoal Buoy (HS) to Vestal Shoal Buoy, 1; thence 274½° (W. ⅛ N.),
5¼ miles, to Coal Bin Rock Buoy, CB (HS); thence 324½° (NW. ⅝ N.), 7¼
miles, to Marquesas Keys left tangent; from northwesterly point
Marquesas Keys 59° (NE. by E.), 4¾ miles, to Bar Buoy, 1, Boca Grande
Channel; thence 83° (E. ⅞ N.), 9¾ miles, to Northwest Channel Entrance
Bell Buoy, 1, Northwest Channel into Key West; thence 68° (NE. by E. ⅞
E.), 23½ miles, to northerly side of Content Keys; thence 49° (NE. ¼
E.), 29 miles, to East Cape, Cape Sable.
Charlotte Harbor and Punta Gorda, Fla.
Eastward of Charlotte Harbor Entrance Gas and Bell Buoy (PS), off Boca
Grande, and in Charlotte Harbor, in Pine Island Sound and Matlacha Pass.
Pilot Rules for Western Rivers apply in Peace and Miakka Rivers north of
a 250° and 70° (WSW. and ENE.) line through Mangrove Point Light; and in
Caloosahatchee River northward of the steamboat wharf at Punta Rasa.
Tampa Bay and Tributaries, Fla.
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