The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and Duties of Riparian Owners, Canals, Fishery, Navigation, Ferries, Bridges, and Tolls and Rates Thereon |
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LAW RELATING TO WATERS SEA TID H. J. W. (Henry John Wastell) Coulson,Urquhart a. (Urquhart Atwell) B. Forbes No preview available - 2016 |
LAW RELATING TO WATERS SEA TID H. J. W. (Henry John Wastell) Coulson,Urquhart a. (Urquhart Atwell) B. Forbes No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 659 - ... shall be deemed to be an overtaking vessel ; and 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 424 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.
Page 634 - All persons may be joined in one action as defendants if there is asserted against them jointly, severally, or in the alternative...
Page 653 - Nothing in these rules shall exonerate any vessel, 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 lookout, 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 421 - A steam vessel hearing, apparently forward of her beam, the fog signal of a vessel the position of which is not ascertained shall, so far as the circumstances of the case admit, stop her engines, and then navigate with caution until danger of collision is over.
Page 418 - ... (a). These two lights shall be so placed in line with the keel that one shall be at least 15 feet higher than the other, and in such a position with reference to each other that the lower light shall be forward of the upper one. The vertical distance between these lights shall be less than the horizontal distance.
Page 418 - Art. 2. A steam vessel when under way shall carry — (a) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast, then in the forepart of the vessel, at a height above the hull...
Page 654 - ... a white light in a lantern so constructed as to show a clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 653 - ... a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of twenty points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light ten points on each side of the vessel, namely, from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least five miles.
Page 422 - Every vessel which is directed by these rules to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other.
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Law Relating to Waters, Sea, Tidal, and Inland: Including Rights and Duties of Riparian Owners, Canals, Fishery, Navigation, Ferries, Bridges, and Tolls and Rates Thereon The making of modern law |
| Authors | Henry John Wastell Coulson, Urquhart Atwell Forbes |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Sweet and Maxwell, 1902 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 14 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 736 pages |
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