31 July 1911: The New York Times reports that captains of Atlantic liners
have been complaining about motor boats with fishing parties anchoring or
drifting in the Ambrose Channel. "The fool who rocked the old-fashioned
boat has now been replaced by the idiot who will not get out of the way of a
liner, and takes delight in seeing the vessel stop to prevent a collision,"
says Alexander E. S. Hambelton, commander of Celtic II. Citing a New York
Harbor Board policy that the channel is to be kept free for liners,
Hambelton states that "I have made up my mind that if I get in a tight place
in the Ambrose Channel I shall not jeopardize my ship to avoid running down
one of these boats if it is in my way." (Source: The New York Times, 31 July
1911.)