PILOT SIGNALS FOR THE WEST COAST.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1407, 1 June 1865, Page 2

PILOT SIGNALS FOR THE WEST COAST.

The following are the pilot signals arranged by Mr Gibson, Port Officer, for the use of vowels entering the rivers on tho West Coast. Hie signals are given by a ball and flag (either red, blue, or white, according to circumatanccs), with a moveable arm beneath. 1. Ball and red flag at mast'head—High water teh* the bar. 2. Ball and blue flag half-mast.—-Half-flood, wait for tide; when the bar may safely be attempted at half-flood the red flag will be at mast-head. 3. Ball upon lower-mast cap with white flag— Ebb tide bar dangerous. 4. No signal—Do not attempt to take the bar. 6. Arm pointing to the right hand entering from seaward—More to the south. 6. Arm pointing to tho left hand entering from seaward—More to the north. 7. Arm up and down with signal mast—As you go. 8. When more than one vessel is crossing the bar the foremost vessel will be piloted by the signals, the others following in her wake. On vessels arriving off the bar, they are requested to hoist their draft of water by Marryatt's signals at the fore.

A red light will be hoisted on the signal mast at night. On a moveable pole, in front of the signal mast, will be shown, if necessary, the set of the current on the bar, thus:—

A red and white pendant, to the northward; a square yellow flag, to the southward.