“At your own Risk.”
A knotty question has been raised as to the pilot’s duty in signalling vessels to cross the bar. The local shipping company, the insurance agents, and the captain of the Wakatu all complain that the pilot has invented a dangerous compromise between “ yes ” and “ no.” When he cannot make up his mind either way, he signals “ Take the bar at your own risk." The question now raised is, what would be the legal responsibility »f the captain, his owners, the insurers, or the Harbor Board, in the event of wreck or damage caused by crossing the bar “ at your own risk ?” It is desirable that the legal position should be clearly defined ; but that is easier said than done, for an abstract legal opinion may not be the opinion of a court of law when an action for damages comes to be tried. Probably the clearest course is for the Harbor Board to instruct the pilot to act on the safe side when in doubt, and signal that the bar is dangerous.
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Patea Mail, 16 June 1882, Page 3
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