The Ansgar

Citations

• 123 F. 473
• 59 C.C.A. 277
• 1903 U.S. App. LEXIS 4023

Syllabus

<p>1. Collision—Steamship and Pilot Boat—Maneuvers foe Transfer of Pilot.</p> <p>While it is the rule that on the exchange of signals for a pilot between a steamship and a pilot boat it is the duty of both vessels to co-operate in maneuvers required for the transfer of the pilot without unnecessary risk, and of the steamer to stop her headway in due season and to the extent necessary to such safe transfer, a pilot boat is not justified in assuming in the night that the steamer has fully stopped at any particular point, and where acting on such assumption in turning she unnecessarily takes a course across the bows of the steamer and strikes her, she is in fault for the collision; and the steamer is not in fault because, having stopped her engines in due time, she was still under a slight headway at the time of collision.</p>