| OCR Text |
Show 7030 Baldwin- D 5011 BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q How long were you delayed on that occasion? A Oh, about ten minutes. Q While you were operating the Black boat, state what if any difficulties or obstruction to navigation on you have en-countered? A Well, I would hit a sandbar once in a while with that. Q how long were you ever held up by hitting any sand-bar while you were operating the Black boat? A Not over ten minutes; it was a shallow draft boat; it was shallower than the others; we had less trouble with that than any of them. MR. FARNSWORTH: Read the answer. ( Last answer road.) Q Do you remember how you come to hit a sandbar on the occasion when you say you got of the boat and were held up for ten minutes with the " Punkin Seed"? A I just missed the channel a little bit. Q Was there a channel there so that had you followed it you would not have been delayed even that ten minutes? A Yes sir. Q How about any time you were delayed as much as ten minutes on the Black boat, what was the occasion for that? A Well, missing the channel. Q Would you on your ordinary trip strike any sandbar at all with either one of those two boats, the Black boat or |
