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Aboard Boats: Noise on a Boat seems to be amplified, so walk and speak softly and your shipmates will be glad you're aboard.
Smoking should stop, of course, when gasoline is to be taken aboard, but care is the order of the day even when smoking is permissible. A carelessly flicked cigarette ash or butt has started many a fire in a chair, awning, or compartment. Cigars leave a particu-
larly unpleasant after-odor on boats and should be enjoyed only in the open air.
The routines of other yacht clubs may be considerably less formal and detailed than those that follow, but whatever routines are used, they are likely to have been derived from the procedures of the New York Yacht Club.
• Salutes. All salutes shall be made by dipping the yacht ensign once, lowering the ensign to the dip, and hoisting it when the salute is returned. All salutes shall be returned. Whistles shall never be used in saluting.
Vessels of the United States and foreign navies shall be saluted.
When a flag officer of the club comes to anchor, he shall be saluted by all yachts present, except where there is a senior flag officer present.
When a yacht comes to anchor where a flag officer is present, such officer shall be saluted. A junior flag officer anchoring in the presence of a senior shall salute.
Yachts passing shall salute, the junior saluting first.
All salutes shall be answered in kind.
A yacht acting as race committee Boat should neither salute nor be saluted while displaying the committee flag.
• Boats. Upon entering and leaving boats, deference is shown seniors by juniors' entering first and leaving last.
When aboard boats, flag officers display their flags, captains (owners) their private signals, and members (non-owners) the club burgee. When on duty, the fleet captain and race committee display their distinctive flags. The flag of the senior officer aboard takes precedence. A flag officer aboard a Boat not displaying his distinc-
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tive flag should be considered as present in an unofficial capacity. When two boats are approaching the same gangway or landing stage, flag officers shall have the right-of-way in order of seniority.See Also Flying Boats Exclusively:Italian air services within Italy are operated by Linee Aeree Italians (LAI) and the services to Sicily (Palermo or Catania) from Naples (also Rome connections) are especially worthy of consideration.
I should also make emphatic mention here of the Aquila Airways services between Southampton, England and Capri. This exciting line, using flying boats exclusively, has been mentioned in the list of air systems in Chapter 5.
To adjourn my lyrical mood in favor of a few practicalities, Aquila Airways an all-English concern founded by an ex-RAF flying-boat pilot named Barry T. ikman, D.F.C. The war-tested flying boats of that grim era were the widely claimed Sunderlands, whose lineal descendants are the Solent and Hythe anes that Aquila now operates.
On The Other Hand See Boats Are Often:Radar is an excellent means of marine navigation and is used on vessels of all sizes, down to boats are often of about twenty feet in length. Although not installed on all recreational boats are often, its capabilities and limitations should be known to all boaters for their own safety when cruising on waters navigated by radar-equipped vessels.
The prudent skipper will have a thorough knowledge of the Rules that apply to all types of boats are often and ships that operate on waters that he or she uses. The official text of the Rules are in the Coast Guard publication Navigation Rules, International-Inland, which is available at most chart outlets. The major requirements that apply to recreational boats are often are listed briefly here.
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