FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 354. 1885. 44] blast, when on the port tack two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam three blasts in succession. " (c) A steamship and a sailing ship when not under way shall, at intervals of not more than two minutes, ring the bell. srman OF SHIPS Cro BE Moimnstrn IN Foe, AND so Fonru. Speed ofshipsto to he moderate in “AR.T. 13. Every ship, whether a sailing-ship or a steamship, shall ’°g* °t°· in a fog, mist, or falling snow go at a moderate speed. STEERING AND SAILING RULES. Steeringaudsail- V ing rules. “AB£t‘. 14. When two sailing-ships are approaching one another so as W ii e n sailing to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the 9l¤iP¤¤¤=·Pl**¤==¢h- 0tl18I‘ ZS follows, namely ; lug one aumher. “ (a) A ship which is running tree shall keep out of the way of a ship which is-close hauled. ·* (b) A ship which is close hauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a ship which is close hauled on the starboard tack.
- · (c) When both are running free, with the wind on diilerent sides,
the ship which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other. “ (d) When both are running free, with the wind on the same side, the ship which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the ship which is to leeward. •* (c) A ship which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the other ship.
- A1zr. 15. If two ships under steam are meeting end on, or nearly Whentwosteamend on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to ¤l¤iP¤ U6 ¤¤¤·’¤¤s:-
starboard, so that each may pass on the port side ol' the other. This article only applies to cases where ships arc meeting end on, or nearly end on, in such a manner as to involve risk of collision, and does not up~ ply to two ships which must, if both keep on their respective courses, pass clear of each other. The only cases to which it does apply are when each of the two, ships is t·nd,on, or,.nearly.end.on,·to»the other; in other words, to cases in which by day each ship sees the masts ol ° the other in a line, or nearly in a line, with her own, and by night to cases in which each ship is in such a position as to see both the sidelights of the other. It does not apply by day to cases in which a ship sees another ahead crossing her own course, or by night to cases where the red light of one ship is opposed to the red light of the other, oiwhere the green light of one ship is opposed to the green light of the other, or where u. red light without a green light, or u. green light without a ned light, is seen ahead, or where both green and red lights are seen anywhere but ahead. ·*Aiz·r. 16. If two ships under steam are crossing so as to involve \Yhen twostoatnrisk of collision, the ship which has the other on her own starboard side **l·¤1·¤ ¤¤= ¢*°¤¤*¤S· shall keep out of the way of the other. ··A1z¤t. 17. If two ships, one of which is a sailing ship and the other se»nnn·_m p to a steatnship, are proceeding in such directions as to involve risk of col- k¢*s=t* ··¤* ·}' “‘**>` ef lision, the steamship shall keep out of the way of the sailing-ship. “°‘l"‘¥'“"'l" ART. 18. Every steamship, when approaching another ship so as to Steamship a p- involve risk of collision shall slacken her speed, or stop and reverse, if t·¤>¤•·bi¤srt····l¤¢k- necessary. "" _"l"’°'L ··AB·r. 19. ln taking any course authorized or required by thescregn suunnbips siglations. a steamship under way may imlicate that course to any other ¤•’l¤ *0 =*¤°**m ship which she has in sight by the following signals on her steam "°”"°L whistle, namely:
- One short blast to mean ‘ I am directing my course to starboard! ‘
N Two short blasts to mean ‘ 1 am directing my course to port! ‘ ·· Three short blasts to mean ·[ am going full speed asteru.’
