MR SMITH AND THE PILOT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 4011, 30 May 1884, Page 3

MR SMITH AND THE PILOT.

[To THE EDITOE OK THE DAILY TeLEOEAMI.] Sib, —There is an old and true saying that " Where ignorance is bliss it's folly to be wise," but I did not expect to find a member \>i our enlightened Harbor Board display so much of the former -without showing any of the latter by keeping silent on nautical matters. The pilot was quite correct when he stated that a N.W. or westerly wind would cause a jobbling sea inside the proposed breakwater. '■ For instance, witness Lambton harbor (Wellington) in a north-easter, where there is no tide; Auckland harbor, with the wind N.E., where vessels have to be scuttled 'longside the wharf to save them from breaking up, and inside Oamaru break water, with northerly winds, ships and steamers have to be hove off from the same cause as at Auckland (although taking , tho eea or

jobble end on), which is an easy matter compared to heaving off when caught laying broadside on, as would be the case at the breakwater here. By being caught I mean that no master or harbor master will move a vessel and delay discharging or loading until absolutely necessary, and it is sometimes too late to do so. As to getting the secretary to examine Mr Kraeft on those matters, I feel sure Mr Smith must be joking, and for his (Mr Smith's) information I may as well state that a jobble is caused by wind and sea running into an enclosed space, but a rip'is caused by wind and tide meeting.—l am, &c, B. B. Creagh, Master Mariner, No. 5 Victoria. Port Ahuriri, May 29, 1884.