S.L. 499.26 Art. 20Master’s duties.

(1) Every master shall ensure that the procedure for boarding and disembarking from ships is in accordance with

SOLAS Regulation V/23 (Pilot Transfer Arrangements).

(2) The pilot may request the master of a ship which he is piloting to declare to him the particulars of the ship’s draft, state of readiness of engines and navigational aids, and other information relating to the ship as the pilot specifies and is reasonably necessary to enable the pilot to carry out his duties as the pilot of the ship.

(3) The master shall also bring to the notice of the pilot any defects in, and any matter peculiar to the ship, her machinery and equipment, of which the master is aware and which might materially affect the navigation of the ship.

(4) Every master of a ship shall provide a lee and reduce sufficiently the speed of his ship when the pilot launch is approaching.