VII. Translate the following sentences into English:

1. Какая здесь скорость течения?

2. Скорость течения 3 узла в сизигию.

3. Сильные ли приливные течения в этом районе?

4. Нет. Здесь приливные течения довольно слабые.

5. Скорость приливного течения 2 узла в квадратуру.

6. Скорость отливного течения 3 узла в сизигию.

7. Течения устанавливаются в противоположном направлении.

8. Прикладной час гавани 4 часа 20 минут.

9. Постоянное течение начинается за 3 часа до (через 3 часа после) полной воды в Дувре.

10. В котором часу будет сегодня полная вода?

11. Какова скорость приливного течения?

12. Здесь прилив гораздо слабее отлива.

13. Чувствуется ли приливное течение в этой бухте?

14. Течение длится (бежит) около 7 часов и достигает скоро­сти 2V₂ узлов.

15. При сильном ветре с севера прилив достигает (поднима­ется) 2 футов над (обычным) уровнем.

7. PORT FACILITIES (ПОРТОВЫЕ УСТРОЙСТВА)

READING DRILL

The stress is on the 1st syllable

The stress is on the 2nd syllable

The main stress is on the 3rd syllable

forward

moderate

service

continent

railway

terminus

system

transport

pilotage

regular appliance proportion exception

compulsory

capacity authority facilities supply

approximate avoid perpendicular

international

horizontal

situated

regulation

independently

recommend

disappear

alteration

undesirable

TEXT

Port facilities

ISLA GRAND CANARIA. — Isla Grand Canada (Grand Canary) situated about 45 miles westward, of Isla de Fuerteventurai, is the most important of the Islas Canarias, both in respect to its resources, fisheries and products and above all on account of shelter afforded by Bahia de Las Palmas and Puerto de la Luz.

PUERTO de la LUZ. —The port of Las Palmas is situated at the head of the bay which lies between El Nido and the point on which the city of Las Palmas stands, 4 miles southward.

PILOTAGE. — Pilotage is compulsory for merchant vessels, and all vessels must employ a pilot when proceeding into the inner harbour. Vessels requiring a pilot should make the customary signals.

QUARANTINE.—Unless special quarantine regulations are temporarily in force, vessels are generally allowed to coal in the inner harbour; the quarantine flag should be displayed until the vessel is boarded, and if necessary, the health officer will visit at any hour.

HARBOUR FACILITIES. —Large quantity of coal, fuel oil and diesel oil are kept at stock. Coaling can be carried out alongside the breakwaters or at a buoy from lighters. Oiling is carried out alongside either breakwater at a rate of from 300 to 500 tons an hour. Fresh provisions are plentiful. Water is laid on the break­waters.

REPAIRS. — Repairs to vessels can be carried out at Puerto de la Luz or at Las Palmas. There are two patent slips at La Luz. Several tugs-and divers are available. There is a hospital for sea­men.

COMMUNICATION.—There is a regular steamer communica­tion with Great Britain and Spain, and with the other islands of the group.

ISLA de TENERIFE. — Situated about 30 miles north-westward of Grand Canada is the largest and most remarkable of Islas Canarias.

HARBOURS.—The harbour is formed by Dique Muelle del Sur which extends about 2 cables eastward from a position about l³/₄ cables south-eastward of Fuerto de San Pedro. There are some mooring buoys on the western side of the harbour, and small ves­sel berth with both anchors down and their sterns to the buoys, ф

PILOTS. — Pilotage is compulsory for merchant vessels, whether anchoring in the road or proceeding into the harbour. The pilots meet vessels about 3 or 4 miles outside the anchorage. The pilot buoys have the letter P on each bow and display a small blue flag with the same letter in white,

HARBOUR FACILITIES. —A considerable amount of coal is kept in stock. Coaling is carried out from lighters at an average rate of 2,400 tons in 24 hours. Fuel oil is supplied to vessels alongside the Dique Muella del Sur.

Provisions are plentiful. Water is laid on the Dique Muella del Sur, and can be supplied from lighters'.

Minor repairs to vessels can be carried out. There are two patent, slips. There are several cranes with lifting capacity of 30 tons and several travelling cranes of from 3 to 5 tons. Several tugs are available. There are two hospitals, one military and one civil.

W/T STATION. —Tablero W/T station is situated about 6 miles south westward of Santa Gruz Lighthouse.

HARBOUR OF PHILADELPHIA. —The Harbour of Philadelphia embraces the Delaware River from the mouth of the Schuylkill River for a distance of about 11 miles, to a railway bridge.

WHARVES AND PIERS. —The wharves and piers on the Phil­adelphia side of the Delaware River are numbered consecutively from the foot of Market Street, about a quarter of a mile below the suspension bridge, northward of Fort Richmond. The wharves at Port Richmond are numbered independently. Those on the west­ern side of the river including Petty Island, and the eastern side opposite Philadelphia, have depths up to 38 feet, those in the Schuylkill River, up to 30 feet. There are several municipal piers which are equipped with modern appliances for working cargo; these and a large proportion of the other wharves and piers are connected to the railway.

The wharves on the Camden side are numbered consecutively from Pavonia, on the eastern side of the entrance to Cooper River, southward to Newton Creek, with the exception of the railway wharves, which are numbered independently. There are municipal wharves on this side with depths up to 30 feet alongside.

FUEL AND SUPPLIES. — Large stocks of coal, fuel oil and diesel oil, are maintained. Many vessels are coaled from barges while at their regular berths working cargo, but there are several piers where coal can be obtained and at which there are modern facilities for handling it; of these Greenwich coal pier has a berth-ii% space of 1,124 feet along either side and a depth of 36 feet, the coaling plant having a capacity of 25,000 tons in 24 hours; a pier at Port Richmond has a total berthing space of 1,665 feet along its sides and a depth of 30 feet, the coal being supplied at a rate of from 250 to 300 tons per hour.

Fuel oil can be supplied to vessels within the port of Philadel­phia either from barges fitted with pumps, while lying at their berths, or by pipe lines at wharves or piers in the Schuylkill River; at Petty Island, and below Philadelphia Harbour, at Claymount, Marcus Hook, near Bramell Point, and at Lodge Point. There is a wharf in the Schuylkill River, with 2 berths, 300 and 340 feet in length end a depth of 30 feet, where the rate of supply is about 300 tons per hour; a pier at Marcus Hook, with 3 berths from 380 to 600 feet in length and depths of from 28 to 30 feet, where the rate of supply is about 150 tons per hour; and a wharf near Bramell Point, with a berthing space of 2,185 feet and a depth of 33 feet, where the rate of supply is about 200 tons per hour.

Fresh water, suitable for all purposes, is laid on to the wharves, and can also be supplied by water boat.

REPAIRS. — There is every facility in the Port of Philadelphia for repairs of all kinds to hull, boilers and machinery. There are several dry docks on the Philadelphia side of the harbour, two floating, docks at Camden and two at Chester; there are also numerous patent slips within the port.

BOSTON HARBOUR. —Boston Harbour is an important harbour in which there is a small U.S. Navy yard. The harbour includes all the tidal waters lying within a line joining Point Shirley (Lat. 42°21'N., Long. 70°58'W.) and Point Allerton, its entrance points.

PILOTS. TUGS. — Pilotage into Boston Harbour is compulsory for foreign merchant vessels of 7 feet draught and above. Pilot boats are designated by numbers painted in black figures 4 feet in height. A pilot-boat cruises in the vicinity of Boston Light-vessel. The pilot signal by day, is a white and black flag, white next to the mast; by night, a white light over a red light at the masthead.

WHARVES. — There is a large number of wharves in Boston inner Harbour on either side of the Main Ship Channel, and they are available for deep-draught vessels. There are wharves with depths of from 30 to 35 feet in the Reserved Channel, at East Boston. All these wharves are connected with the U.S. railway system and they are equipped with modern devices for handling cargo.

FUEL AND SUPPLIES. —Large stocks of coal and fuel oil are maintained. Coal can be supplied by conveyor at a wharf at East Boston, with a depth of 18 feet alongside, or from lighters, at a rate of from 100—350 tons per hour. Fuel oil is supplied by pipe line at a wharf, with a berthing space of 1,155 feet at a depth of 300 feet, situated in the Mystic River; at a pier with a berthing space of 465 feet and a depth of 25 feet situated in Chelsea River. Provisions are plentiful. Water, suitable for drinking and boiler purposes, is laid on to the wharves, and can also be supplied by water boats.

REPAIRS. — Repairs of every description can be undertaken to vessels. There is a number of dry docks, floating docks and patent slips.

COMMUNICATION.—There is a regular steamer communication with piers of Europe and Great Britain; with West African, Australian and South American ports and with ports of the U.S. and Canadian Coasts.

LIFE-SAVING STATIONS. — Point Allerton coastguard station, situated about a mile west-south-westward of Point Allerton, is equipped with a lifeboat and other life-saving appliances.

HOSPITALS. — There is a marine hospital at Chelsea. The United States Public Health Service has an office and dispensary at the Custom house, where out-patients are treated, and an officer of the Service to whom application should be made for admission to the Marine hospital.

Conversion
Adjective (a)	Verb (v)
dry	to dry
clean	to clean
clear	to clear
round	to round
secure	to secure

Word-building
Adjective (a)	Adverb (adv)
wind	wind-y
rock	rock-y
sand	sand-y
fog	fog-g-y
mud	mud-d-y
sun	sun-n-y
stone	ston-y

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