West Indies Pilot

Author : United States Hydrographic Office
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230426778
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book West Indies Pilot written by United States Hydrographic Office and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 edition. Excerpt: ...They are of moderate height, none exceeding 1,110 feet, and free from outer dangers, so as to render an approach to them safe either by day or moonlight nights, and there are several channels between them. The eastern edge of the bank, or 100-fathom curve, is 10 miles from the islands, with depths between ranging from 10 to 25 fathoms, while the bank to the westward does not extend nearly so far. Bequia Island, the most important and largest of the Grenadines, is 880 feet high, 6f miles in length, in a general northeast and southwest direction, and from 1 to 1 miles wide in the middle, decreasing with an irregular coast line and several bays to a point at both ends. It lies 5 miles southward of St. Vincent, and the same distance northwestward of Baliceaux. The population is about 900. No supplies can be obtained; water is scarce and poor. A magistrate and a clergyman of the Established Church reside here, whose district includes all the neighboring islets and cays. Admiralty Bay, on the western side of Bequia Island, the principal anchorage, is about mile deep, and in the inner part near the head, which is narrowed by shallows on either side, a vessel would be well sheltered from all winds except those from the southwest, and when blowing from this direction, which is an exceedingly rare occurrence, would, in a measure, be protected from the sea, as it would be broken in passing over the Belmont Shallow and the two banks projecting from the northern side of the bay. The inner part of the bay is not of much extent, but deep enough for any vessel, and the channel to it between Belmont Shallow, bordering the shore of the bay on the south and the opposite bank, is clear, distinct, and traceable from its darker color and deeper...