District Court, S.D. New York January 23, 1968, No. 63 AD 1016 (Luke v. Hirsch)

MEMORANDUM

COOPER, District Judge.

This is a suit arising out of a collision between the ketch Vagabond, owned and operated by libelant Harry B. Luke, and the Myab III, a power boat owned and operated by respondent Howard S. Hirsch. The collision occurred in a channel located south of West Fire Island, New York, on June 23, 1963, during the late afternoon.