John: 1. Do you believe the tradition of staying with the ship until the last possible moment to be valid when there are no passengers or crew remaining, and only the cargo and ship itself to be saved? In short, why should someone put his or her life at risk for property, particularly when ship owners are notorious for poor maintenance of cargo vessels. 2. If one is to argue that a Captain and minimal crew should remain on board in the event that the emergency may abate and they may then be able at that time to prevent a wreck or a hazard to shipping, is this still valid when they could re-board by helicopter? Richard Culpeper www.geocities.com/~culpeper ---------- > From: John Winters <735769_at_ican.net> > The tradition among seafarers to not give up the ship until the last > possible moment stems from salvage laws. An abandoned ship > belongs to the salvager. Carlson was doing his duty. Foolish? Perhaps in > the context of personal risk but staying with the ship was consistent with > the highest traditions of the sea. > > I firmly believe the tradition valid for those who work on the sea. There > is a brotherhood of the sea for those who must face adversity without > option just as there is a brotherhood for those at war. Who would ever > undertake these roles knowing it was every man or woman for himself? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Sep 28 1998 - 11:44:00 PDT
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