Collision Course Quotes

“From the senior officer down to the lowest and newest pantry boy, each crewman reflected the Scandinavian concept of rigid devotion to duty and work. The company cared for the welfare of the crew”
― Alvin Moscow, Collision Course: The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm

“The accepted practice in a right-to-right passing situation in open waters is for both ships to turn to their right early enough to execute the usual port-to-port passing. It is only when the two ships are so far to the right of one another that it would be dangerous to attempt to cross over for a port-to-port passing, that the starboard-to-starboard passing is acceptable. And then, the law courts have held, the ships must pass on”
― Alvin Moscow, Collision Course: The Classic Story of the Collision of the Andrea Doria and the Stockholm