. 3-=^^ ^' Fig. VI, A vetnel hove-to for a pilot (Pig. 12), should distribute Oil from the weather side and lee quarter. The pilot-vessel runs up to windward and lowers a boat, which pulls down to leeward and around the vessel's stern. The pilot-vessel then runs down to leeward, gets out oil-bags to windward and on her lee quarter, and the boat pulls back around her stern, protected by the Oil. The vessels drift to leeward and leave an oil-slick to windward. At anchor, in an open roadstead, oil-bags could be slung on the jib- boom, or hauled out ahead to a block secured to the cable. In towing
. 3-=^^ ^' Fig. VI, A vetnel hove-to for a pilot (Pig. 12), should distribute Oil from the weather side and lee quarter. The pilot-vessel runs up to windward and lowers a boat, which pulls down to leeward and around the vessel's stern. The pilot-vessel then runs down to leeward, gets out oil-bags to windward and on her lee quarter, and the boat pulls back around her stern, protected by the Oil. The vessels drift to leeward and leave an oil-slick to windward. At anchor, in an open roadstead, oil-bags could be slung on the jib- boom, or hauled out ahead to a block secured to the cable. In towing another vessel, in a heavy sea, Oil is of the greatest value, and should be distributed forward and on both sides of the vessel towing. When a boat is riding to a sea-anchor, the bag can be hauled out and in by means of a line to a block on the anchor. We could give hundreds of examples showing the great value of Oil in cases of emergency, but can only quote a few here. There can be no shadow of doubt but that many ships are now afloat, which would have ended their careers and never been heard of, had it not been for the beneficent influence of Oil on troubled waters.
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