. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. OF THE ROAD AT SEA. THE boat sailer must possess aknowledge of the rule of the roadat sea, unless he wants his sportbrought to an untimely end by should become thoroughly familiarwith the International Steering andSailing Rules, so that if he encounterssteamships, fishing craft, pilot boats, etc.,he will be able so to maneuver his ownvessel as to escape collision. The prudent skipper of a little vesselshould always give steamships and ferry-boats a wide berth. Big steamshipssometimes are slow to answer theirhelms, and often will no
. Boat sailing in fair weather and foul. OF THE ROAD AT SEA. THE boat sailer must possess aknowledge of the rule of the roadat sea, unless he wants his sportbrought to an untimely end by should become thoroughly familiarwith the International Steering andSailing Rules, so that if he encounterssteamships, fishing craft, pilot boats, etc.,he will be able so to maneuver his ownvessel as to escape collision. The prudent skipper of a little vesselshould always give steamships and ferry-boats a wide berth. Big steamshipssometimes are slow to answer theirhelms, and often will not get out of theway of small craft, although compelledto by international law. Should yourboat be run down by one of these mon-sters of the deep you, of course, haveyour remedy in a court, but you are aptto find litigation very expensive whensuing a steamship company, and a suitoften lingers for years until, having ex-hausted every process, it finds itself atlast on the calendar of the SupremeCourt of the United States. It is not advisa
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