 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell - Business & Economics - 1851 - 836 pages
...the 30th of October, 1S40, provides as follows : " Whereas the recognized rule for sailing vessels is, that those having the wind fair shall give way to those on a wind; lhat when both are going by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind, and the... | |
 | William Conway Keele - Constables - 1851 - 724 pages
...two vessels are trying to windward, and there may be a doubt which vessel should pass to windward, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind, and the vessel on the laiboard tack shall bear up or go to leeward. § 5. Whenever any steam-boat, schooner,... | |
 | Alexander Bridport Becher - 1853 - 164 pages
...persons intrusted with the charge of such vessels ; and, Whereas the recognized rule for sailing vessels is, that those having the wind fair shall give way...starboard tack shall keep her wind, and the one on the port tack bear up, — thereby passing each other on the port hand : — That when both vessels have... | |
 | Admiralty - 1853 - 682 pages
...porting or starboarding the helm, as the occasion shall require. The next rule is, that when both vessels are going by the wind the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind on, and the vessel on the larboard tack shall bear up, thereby passing each other on the larboard tack.... | |
 | Charles Joseph Riches - 1854 - 64 pages
...away ? A. The one on the port tack. It is now an admitted rule, that when two vessels meet, and both by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind, and the one on the port tack bear up, thereby passing each other on the port side. Q. Sailing with the wind free, and... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1854 - 684 pages
...Robinson, Jr. Adm. R. 484, declared that vessels having the wind fair shall give v. .. y to those on the wind ; that when both are going by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep the wind, and the one on the larboard tack bear up, thereby passing each on the larboard hand ; that... | |
 | Victoria. Registrar-general's Office - Victoria - 1854 - 464 pages
...PARKER. P. HORNSBY. By Command of their Lordships, WAB HAMILTON. TBINITY HOUSE BULES. Sailing vessels having the wind fair shall give way to those on a wind. When two ships are going by the wind, the ship on the starboard tack shall keep her wind and the one... | |
 | William Wetmore Story - Contracts - 1856 - 848 pages
...boilers and machinery shall be made every six months, and of the hulls every twelve months. It is also those having the wind fair shall give way to those...her wind, and the one on the larboard tack bear up, thereby passing each other on the larboard hand ; that when both vessels have the wind large or abeam... | |
 | Charles Abbott (Baron Tenterden) - Maritime law - 1856 - 996 pages
...follows : " Whereas the recognized rule for sailing vessels is, that those having the wind fair shau give * way to those on a wind ; that when both are going by the wind, («) See the case of the Baron Holberg, collision having ensued, to the amount of the 3 1 i •!_•_'.... | |
 | Joseph Kinnicut Angell, Thomas Durfee - Highway law - 1857 - 484 pages
...persons with the charge of such vessels ; and whereas the recognized rule for sailing vessels is,— " 1. That those having the wind fair shall give way to those on a wind ; " 2. That when both arc going by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind,... | |
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That when both are going by the wind, the vessel on the starboard tack shall keep her wind and the one on the larboard tack bear up, thereby passing each other on the larboard hand. 
