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Show Baldwin- D 1169 found going up stream no places deep enough that we could use the rudder properly and hold it up stream; find it very difficult to go up steam, because we couldn't handle the boat; it would turn around; the back end of the boat strikes bottom, and you lose your rudder control of your boat; you can't handle it. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Do you gentlemen understand the witness' answer to my question? MR. FARNSWORTH: With reference to the difference in navigation up and down stream? I think so. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Do you encounter any sand bars during the high water? A Occasionally we do, yes, because we can't see, particularly, where the bars are, naturally out corners, and sometimes them we will get stuck on a bar very tight, even when the water is highest. Q About how long did it take you to make the trip from Moab down to Shafer No. 1, how many hours? A If we had no trouble going down, we would make it on an average of about two and a half hours, nineteen or twenty miles going down; coming back, on an average of about six and a half or seven hours coming up stream, sometimes longer. Q What percent of the time would you be able to bring that boat down stream in that time? 3141 |
