Recreational Boat Safety: Hearings, Ninety-first Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 15041, H.R. 15140 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1970 - 478 pages |
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... Admiral McClelland will shortly provide you with a detailed . analysis of this legislation , I will confine my remarks to certain aspects of more general significance . The legislation about which we are testifying today is of great pub ...
... Admiral McClelland will shortly provide you with a detailed . analysis of this legislation , I will confine my remarks to certain aspects of more general significance . The legislation about which we are testifying today is of great pub ...
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... Admiral Trimble and Admiral McClelland , and with your permission , to leave . Mr. CLARK . We appreciate very much your coming . Mr. Garmatz or Mr. Grover might have one question . Mr. GROVER . I will defer the question until we hear ...
... Admiral Trimble and Admiral McClelland , and with your permission , to leave . Mr. CLARK . We appreciate very much your coming . Mr. Garmatz or Mr. Grover might have one question . Mr. GROVER . I will defer the question until we hear ...
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... Admiral . It is up to the admiral what he would like to do . If he wants to insert it in the record and give us a brief outline , we would be very happy , I am sure , to hear that . Admiral MCCLELLAND . Good morning , Mr. Chairman ...
... Admiral . It is up to the admiral what he would like to do . If he wants to insert it in the record and give us a brief outline , we would be very happy , I am sure , to hear that . Admiral MCCLELLAND . Good morning , Mr. Chairman ...
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... Admiral . Admiral MCCLELLAND . The statements that have gone before , sir , summarize the essential elements of the bill rather well . Basically , it provides authority to establish minimum safety standards for boats and associated ...
... Admiral . Admiral MCCLELLAND . The statements that have gone before , sir , summarize the essential elements of the bill rather well . Basically , it provides authority to establish minimum safety standards for boats and associated ...
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... Admiral MCCLELLAND . Sir , I would say that the cause for alarm is not so much from the increase in the rate of accidents , from the growth of them , as in the number of accidents that we have . In 1968 there were approximately 1,342 ...
... Admiral MCCLELLAND . Sir , I would say that the cause for alarm is not so much from the increase in the rate of accidents , from the growth of them , as in the number of accidents that we have . In 1968 there were approximately 1,342 ...
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Page 345 - PRESENT: His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR GENERAL IN COUNCIL His Excellency the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of...
Page 169 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Committee : It is indeed a pleasure for me to appear before this Committee to urge the enactment of new and higher ceiling legislation for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
Page 333 - When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side of the other.
Page 333 - When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other...
Page 334 - Where, by any of these rules, one of two vessels is to keep out of the way, the other shall keep her course and speed.
Page 335 - When two steam vessels are crossing, so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Page 334 - If, when steam vessels are approaching each other, either vessel fails to understand the course or intention of the other, from any cause, the vessel so in doubt shall immediately signify the same by giving several short and rapid blasts, not less than four, of the steam whistle.
Page 331 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length when at anchor shall carry forward, where it can best be seen, but at a height not exceeding...
Page 329 - The rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited.
Page 332 - A sailing vessel under way shall sound, at intervals of not more than one minute, when on the starboard tack, one blast ; when on the port tack, two blasts in succession, and when with the wind abaft the beam, three blasts in succession. (d) A vessel when at anchor shall, at intervals of not more than one minute, ring the bell rapidly for about five seconds.