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OIL ON TBOUBLED WATERS. 



Fig. 8. 



Fiff. 9. 



Drifting in the trough of a heavy sea (Figs. 

 8 and 9), use Oil from the waste-pipes 

 forward and bags on weather side, as in 

 Fig. 9. These answer the purpose very 

 much better than one bag at the weather 

 bow and one at the lee quarter, although 

 this has been tried with some success 

 (Pig. 8). 



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Fiff. 10. 



In lying -to 

 (Pig. 10), to 

 taek or wear, 

 use Oil from 

 the weather 

 bow. 



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Fig. 11. 



Cracking on, with 

 high wind abeam 

 and heavy sea (Fig. 

 11), use Oil from 

 the waste-pipes, 

 on the weather 

 bow. 



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Fig. VI, 



A vetnel hove-to for a pilot (Pig. 12), should distribute Oil from the weather side and lee 

 quarter. The pilot-vessel runs up to windward and lowers a boat, which pulls down to 

 leeward and around the vessel's stern. The pilot-vessel then runs down to leeward, 

 gets out oil-bags to windward and on her lee quarter, and the boat pulls back around 

 her stern, protected by the Oil. The vessels drift to leeward and leave an oil-slick to 

 windward. 



At anchor, in an open roadstead, oil-bags could be slung on the jib- 

 boom, or hauled out ahead to a block secured to the cable. 



In towing another vessel, in a heavy sea, Oil is of the greatest value, 

 and should be distributed forward and on both sides of the vessel towing. 



When a boat is riding to a sea-anchor, the bag can be hauled out and 

 in by means of a line to a block on the anchor. 



We could give hundreds of examples showing the great value of Oil in 

 cases of emergency, but can only quote a few here. There can be no 

 shadow of doubt but that many ships are now afloat, which would have 

 ended their careers and never been heard of, had it not been for the 

 beneficent influence of Oil on troubled waters. 



