coast pilot

American  

noun

1. Also called pilot.  a manual published by a government for mariners, containing descriptions of coastal waters, harbor facilities, etc., for a specific area.

2. a pilot of coasting vessels.

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Example Sentences

These are the sort of particulars which a good coast pilot has to keep in his memory, with the appearance of the numberless landmarks on the shore, and their distances one from the other.

From Will Weatherhelm The Yarn of an Old Sailor by Webb, Archibald

Going round the corner of the church, I came upon a coast pilot, peering through his glass for the smoke of a steamer, cable-freighted, that had been momentarily expected from Halifax for a week.

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Drake, Samuel Adams

According to the records of Sebastian Vizcaino and coast pilot of Cabrera Bueno, this is the one called Point Reyes.

From The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco by Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner

Edwards was coast pilot for the Government steamer “Vanderbilt.”

From Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science by Tuttle, Hudson

She was visited by a Brazilian naval officer, who congratulated her captain not a little on his fortunate escape, the Brazilian men-of war never thinking of attempting the passage without a coast pilot.

From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael