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 ]_00 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 4. 1897. Fu L ¤E_¢:>ri¤z¤¤¤ ¤·i¤¤= l Srpmnguinn SAILING RULES. PRg?.m!b1iA§—R1sK or 00LL1810N. f~ G2 O A•¤¤¤·¤i!¤!¤°¤* ¤‘ Risk of eollisio a Lsvh circumstances permit, be ascertained by mk °f°°u"`°°' carefully wamhirigashééwiigass bearing of an approaching vessel. If the bearing doesgot appreiiably change, such risk should be deemed to exist. E ’1`w¤ ¤jm¤2*¤s*¤¤¤:;¤ Aim'. 17. Whgii t# s ing-vessels are approaching one another, so Z$§§T`L,1.E .{}°§v0iaZ as to involve risk df co sion, one of them shall keep out of the way ¤¤°° °f°°m¤*°¤- of the other as fo£vvs, amely: (a) A vessel w h is running free shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is close-hauled. (b) A vessel which is close-hauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a. vessel which is closed-hauled on the starboard tack. (c) When both are running tree, with the wind ou different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other. (d) When both are running iree, with the wind on the. same side, the vessel which is to the windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to the leeward. ·(e) A vessel which has the wind ah shall keep out of the way of the other vesseL sump vans sp- ART. 18. RULE I. When steam-vessels are approaching each other §n"§$“¤ °“°" °‘“‘°" head and head, that is, end on, or nearly so, it shall be the duty of each - to pass on the port side of the other; and either vessel shall give, as a signal of her intention, one short and distinct blast of her whistle, which the other vessel shall answer promptly by a similar blast of her whistle, and thereupon such vessels shall pass on the port side of each other. But if the courses of such vessels are so far on the starboard of each other as not to be considered as meeting head and head, either vessel shall immediately give two short and distinct blasts of her whistle, which the other vessel shall answer promptly by two similar blasts ot her whistle, and they shall pass on the starboard side of each other. kppucsme mes. The foregoing only applies to cases where vessels are meeting end on or nearly end on, in such a manner as to involve risk of collision; in other words, to cases in which, by day, each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line, or nearly in a line, with her own, and by night to cases in which each vessel is in such a position as to see both the sidelights of the other. I¤¤pp1i¤¤¤1<>¤¤•¤¤- It does not apply by day to cases in which a vessel sees another ahead crossing her own course, or by night to cases where the red light of one vessel is opposed to the red light of the other, or where the green light of one vessel is opposed to the green light of the other, or where a red light without a green light or a green light without a red light, is seen ahead, or where both green and red lights are seen any- where butlaihead. h Failing ro ··¤<¤<·r- RULE I. lt} w en steam-vessels are a rouchin each other either f,i»“{‘;{{,‘.;‘t‘§.§{’}`”"’”°°" vessel fail to understand the course or intlehtion of ghe other, frdm any cause, the vessel so in doubt shall immediately signify the same by giving several short and rapid blasts, not less than four, of the steamwhist e. $*¤¤¤ *¢¤¤;¤ ¤¤¤- RULE V. Whenever a steam-vessel is nearin a short bend or curve iK‘li;°3.:i:g1,;`ZEw° in the channel, where, from the height of the ganks or other cause, a steam-vessel approaching from the opposite direction can not be seen for a distance of half a mile, such steanrvessel, when she shall have arrived within half a mile of such curve or bend, shall give a signal by one long blast of the steam-whistle, which signal shall be answered by a similar blast, given by any approaching steam-vessel that may be within hearing. Should such signal be so answered by a steam-vessel upon the farther side of such bend, then the usual signals for meeting and passing shall immediately be given and answered; but, if the first