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While the above outHne is primarily designed for ports, it should also be followed in describing 

 bays and other bodies of water as far as practicable. 



PORT AND STARBOARD. — ^Avoid the use of these terms as much as possible by giving the 

 direction or bearing of the object in degrees or points. Use a definite statement that is independent 

 of the vessel's heading. 



PORT SERIES.^ — ^These publications contain much information of value to the reviser. If the 

 edition being used is of recent date, the information therein can be accepted. If the publication is 

 old and out of date, verification of information of a changeable nature is necessary. 



PORTS OF ENTRY.— (See Customs ports of entry.) 



POST OFFICES.- — If there is no post office at a landing, village, harbor, etc., in an isolated 

 region, that fact should be mentioned. In such cases, give the distance to the nearest post office. 



PRIVATE AIDS. — If they are maintained locally, they may be mentioned as such, but details 

 must be avoided. (See Aids to navigation.) 



PROJECTS. — -It is sometimes advisable to give details of projects, such as those of the U. S, 

 Corps of Engineers; for example, where maintenance dredging is done, or where work is incomplete 

 at the time the Pilot is written but dredging is in progress. Under no circumstances should the project 

 depth be reported as existing, until definite information has been received from proper authority that 

 it does actually exist. 



PUBLICATIONS.— It is intended that the list of publications in Chapter 1 of the Pilot shall 

 include the titles of the official publications of value to navigators. Only information of a permanent 

 kind should be given about them. The exact title of the publication and the place where it can be 

 obtained are usually sufficient. 



The field reviser should obtain copies of publications issued by port authorities, port commissions, 

 pilot associations, yacht clubs, and other similar organizations which give information on subjects 

 that should be treated in the Coast Pilot. 



QUARANTINE. — Give any special features of the quarantine regulations that a shipmaster 

 should be acquainted with before being boarded. Describe the quarantine anchorage and give the 

 location where the quarantine officer boards vessels. Describe any special signals. 



RADIO. — This subject is almost completely covered in Chapter 1, as far as the Coast Pilot is 

 concerned. Sufficient information is given there for a ship officer to be independent of the radio 

 operators for information concerning his own legal responsibility for his radio, and concerning the 

 radio services available to him. It is not a function of the Coast Pilot to include a radio operator's 

 manual. Call letters should not be given. Wave lengths may be given in certain instances when 

 they are unlikely to be changed, and are of sufficient importance. Reference to H. O. 205 and H. 0. 

 206 should be made freely. 



RADIOBEACONS.— Give location and refer to Light List and H. O. 205 for details. 



RADIOBEACON BLTOYS. — Note the location and name. Refer to the Light List as necessary 

 for details of operation. 



RADIO DIRECTION FINDER STATIONS.— These should be mentioned, and reference 

 made to the Light List and to H. O. 205 for details. 



RADIO DISTANCE FINDING.— If stations are equipped for this method of distance finding, 

 give that information in the text with any necessary references. 



RADIO TOWERS. — Should be described like other landmarks. Include fights and elevations. 



RADIO TELEPHONES. — In regions where shore radio telephone stations are few, or some one 

 is of particular importance, give details, except those of a changeable nature. 



RAILROADS. — State if there is a railroad siding on a wharf, or if cargo must be trucked. If 

 trucks are run on the wharf, describe the condition. 



In small ports, state if there is a railroad connection and, if not, how far it is to a railroad or truck 

 line. 



RANGES. — Do not give the characteristics of the lights, but describe the marks to facilitate 

 identification in the daytime. Give bearing or azimuth of range. Where azimuths of ranges have 

 been determined with sufficient accuracy for use in determining compass errors, the azimuths are 

 given in degrees and minutes in the Light Lists, and the Coast Pilot should mention this fact in 

 describing the range. Unless given to minutes, the determination is not suitable for such use. 



A list of ranges suitable for compass-error determination should be given in the appendix. In this 

 list should be given the Light List name and the description of each range mark, the true bearing to 

 minutes, the variation at the place for a definite year and the annual rate of change of variation. 



