 | 1851 - 796 pages
...calm, and if calm, the swell will set the vessel too near the beach. Klamalh Rhcr has fifteen feet on the bar, at low water. It is not difficult of entrance...so strong that sailing vessels must come out STERN FOKEMOST, то BE STEERED. There is a staff on the south side of the river, on which a white flag with... | |
 | 1851 - 796 pages
...calm, and if calm, the swell will set the vessel too near the beach. Ktamath River has fifteen feet on the bar, at low water. It is not difficult of entrance...running so strong that sailing vessels must come out STEUN FOREMOST, то BE STEERED. There is a staff on the south side of the river, on which a white... | |
 | 1853 - 248 pages
...falls calm, and if calm the swell will set the vessel too near the beach. Klamath River has 15 feet on the bar at low water. It is not difficult of entrance...that sailing vessels must come out stern foremost to lie steered. There is a staff on the south side of the river, on which a white flag, with black ball,... | |
 | U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, George Davidson - 1869 - 364 pages
...change of heavy weather. McArthur reported in 1850: "The river has seventeen feet on the bar at mean low water. It is not difficult of entrance with a...so strong that sailing vessels must come out stern 14* foremost to be steered." He did not, however, enter the river. In 1860 the tug Спин Humboldt... | |
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North of Trinidad head do not approach the shore closely, unless the breeze is steady. The dangers are in plain sight. At night it generally falls calm, and if calm the swell will set the vessel too near the beach. 