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C 595 was emphatic in his statement that the vessel's course was never altered. His interpretation of the one short blast on board the Yingking was also, for a pilot, far from re-assuring, as he stated that the other vessel was turning to port, when as a matter of fact, it meant just the reverse. I am unable to come to any other conclusion than that the helm of the Wingchai, on hearing the Yingking's whistle, was ported, not, however, necessarily to any extent, and that it was so done with the view, in yachting parlance, of blanketing her rival steamer. By the evidence elicited from her Master, it is only fair to believe that he had himself given no directions to the helmsman and may indeed have been ignorant of the movement of the helm, which evidently took place when, somewhat unfortunately, he left the vicinity of the wheel, and the direction of affairs was temporarily in the hands of the pilot alone. How far the pilot takes charge in these runs, I have not been able to discover, but in no wise is the Master absolved from responsibility in the event of an accident.

Taking all the circumstances into consideration, I hold the Master of the Wingchai to blame, in that he enabled it to be possible for the helm of his ship to be moved to the extent of deviating from her course at a time when, due to the proximity of an overtaking vessel, he should have used every endeavour to keep a direct course.

I sentence the Master of the Wingchai to pay a fine of $100, or in default fourteen days imprisonment.

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C 595 was emphatic in his statement that the vessel's course was never altered. His interpretation of the one short blast on board the Yingking was also, for a pilot, far from re-assuring, as he stated that the other vessel was turning to port, when as a matter of fact, it meant just the reverse. I am unable to come to any other conclusion than that the helm of the Wingchai, on hearing the Yingking's whistle, was ported, not, however, necessarily to any extent, and that it was so done with the view, in yachting parlance, of blanketing her rival steamer. By the evidence elicited from her Master, it is only fair to believe that he had himself given no directions to the helmsman and may indeed have been ignorant of the movement of the helm, which evidently took place when, somewhat unfortunately, he left the vicinity of the wheel, and the direction of affairs was temporarily in the hands of the pilot alone. How far the pilot takes charge in these runs, I have not been able to discover, but in no wise is the Master absolved from responsibility in the event of an accident. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, I hold the Master of the Wingchai to blame, in that he enabled it to be possible for the helm of his ship to be moved to the extent of deviating from her course at a time when, due to the proximity of an overtaking vessel, he should have used every endeavour to keep a direct course. I sentence the Master of the Wingchai to pay a fine of $100, or in default fourteen days imprisonment.
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C 595 was emphatic in his statement that the vessel's course was never altered. His interpretation of the one short blast on board the Yingking, was also for a pilot, far from re-assuring, as he stated that the other vessel was turning to port, when as a matter of fact, it meant just the reverse. I am unable to come to any other conclusion than that the helm of the Wingchal on hearing the Yingking's whistle was ported not, however, necessarily to any extent and that it was so done with the view, in yachting parlance, of blanketing her rival steamer. By the evidence elicited from her Master it is only fair to believe that he had himself given no directions to the helmsman and may indeed have been ignorant of the movement of the helm, which evidently took place when somewhat unfortunately he left the vicinity of the wheel, and the direction of affairs was temporarily in the hands of the pilot alone. How far the pilot takes charge in these runs, I have not been able to discover, but in novise is the Master absolved from responsibility in the event of an accident. Taking all the circumstances into consideration, I hold the Master of the Wingchai to blame, in that he enabled it to be possible for the helm of his ship to be moved to the extent of deviating from her course at a time when, due to the proximity of an overtaking vessel, he should have used every endeavour to keep a direct course. I sentence the Master of the Wingchai to pay a fine of $100, or in default fourteen days imprisonment.
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was emphatic in his statement that the vessel's course was never

altered. His interpretation of the one short blast on board the

Yingking, was also for a pilot, far from re-assuring, as he stated

that the other vessel was turning to port, when as a matter of

fact, it meant just the reverse. I am unable to come to any

other conclusion than that the helm of the Wingchal on hearing

the Yingking's whistle was ported not, however, necessarily to any

extent and that it was so done with the view, in yachting parlance,

of blanketing her rival steamer. By the evidence elicited from

her Master it is only fair to believe that he had himself given

no directions to the helmsman and may indeed have been ignorant

of the movement of the helm, which evidently took place when

somewhat unfortunately he left the vicinity of the wheel, and the

direction of affairs was temporarily in the hands of the pilot

alone. How far the pilot takes charge in these runs, I have not

been able to discover, but in novise is the Master absolved from

responsibility in the event of an accident.

Taking all the

circumstances into consideration, I hold the Master of the

Wingchai to blame, in that he enabled it to be possible for the

helm of his ship to be moved to the extent of deviating from her

course at a time when, due to the proximity of an overtaking

vessel, he should have used every endeavour to keep a direct

course.

I sentence the Master of the Wingchai to pay a fine of

$100, or in default fourteen days imprisonment.

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