Review Information Flashcards
The mean range of tide for LA is 3.8 feet. Long Beach is 3.7 feet.
The diurnal range for LA and LB harbors is 5.4 feet
The LA/LB harbors are subject to surge. In the back channel it can be 1.5kn or more
The lighted whistle buoy is 300 yards sw from the south end of the shoal area
The explosive anchorages are C D F Q
Vessels unloading/loading or laden with explosives must display a red flag 1.2sq meters 16sqft
The badger railroad lift bridge clearance 180 horizontal, 165 vertical and 6.7 feet down.
The badger lift bridge has 8 fixed lights
The LA/LB harbors declare the following are small Craft - pleasure, commercial fishing and sport fishing boat
The safety zone around Elly and Ellen oil platforms are 500 meters
The security zone for cruise ships in San Pedro is 100 yards
LA/LB harbors are connected by Cerritos channel, the distance between the seaward entrances to the two harbors is 4 miles
San Pedro breakwater extends 1.8 miles to the LA Light. The middle breakwater extends 3.1 miles from the LA entrance to the Long Beach entrance
LA main channel is marked by a 296 degree lighted range
The restricted area along reservation point near the jail is 150 feet
Whistle signals for Henry ford are 2 short 1 long answered with 2 long 1 short.
A vessel drawing less than 1.5 meters in the outer harbor max speed is 15knots
Port tariff requires life ring preservers with ropes of at least 61 meters attached
Speed limit for motor vehicles on wharf is 10 mph
Workable oil spill booms at oil terminals is 305 lineal meters
Differences between true north and magnetic north is variation
Spring lines provide the most effective method for leaving a boat free to rise and fall with the tide.
So called danger zone on a power vessel is from dead ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft its starboard beam pg 159 Chapmans?????
The resulting combination of variation and deviation is known as compass error
A boats twisting motion after a wave hits its quarter is yaw
Jetty like dikes built out of at 90 degrees Angeles from the shore to lessen erosion on the shoreline are known as groins
Transmissions on ch 16 should not exceed 1 minute
3 call attempts on ch 16 separated by 2 minutes of silence may be made CHeck Chapmans pg 597
One degree of latitude is equal to 60 nm
One minute of latitude is equal to 1 nm
