ASLEEP AT HELM
WRECK OF A SCHOONER (From Our Own Correspondent.) SUVA August 5. At the Marine Board of Inquiry into the wreck of the auxiliary schooner Greyhound, the master, Scott, who has been at sea for over 25 years, and who has held a master’s certificate for vessels under 100 tons for some 13 years, frankly admitted that he had no right to be where he was. He said he had taken the wheel at 8 a.m. and was still unrelieved at 4 a.m. the next morning. He said he must have fallen asleep. He had six passengers on board. Owing to his’ frankness and candour and to the fact that he had never had any mishap before, the board took a lenient view of the case. His certificate was suspended for three months
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 123, 15 August 1927, Page 9
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135ASLEEP AT HELM Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 123, 15 August 1927, Page 9
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