The Law Relating to the Rule of the Road at Sea: With Diagrams and an Appendix Containing Extracts from the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894; The Admiralty Court Act, 1861, Etc

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J. Brown & son, 1910 - 333 pages

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Page 210 - ... no subsequent alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these rules, or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.
Page 66 - ... light in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all round the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 116 - A vessel which is closehauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is closehauled on the starboard tack.
Page 33 - By day she shall carry in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 6 feet apart, where they can best be seen, three shapes not less than 2 feet in diameter...
Page 260 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any ship, or the owner, or master, or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to carry lights or signals, or of any neglect to keep a proper look.out, or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.
Page 81 - ... (v) A vessel when towing, a vessel engaged in laying or in picking up a submarine cable or navigation mark, and a vessel under way which is unable to get out of the way of an approaching vessel through being not under command or unable to manoeuvre as required by these Rules...
Page 30 - Such steam vessel may carry a small white light abaft the funnel or aftermast for the vessel towed to steer by, but such light shall not be visible forward of the beam.
Page 12 - ... 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam...
Page 128 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard, so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Page 32 - under way," within the meaning of these rules, when she is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground.

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