The protest committee found that, when it became clear to S that P was not going to keep clear, the only action available to S was to crash-gybe, which risked considerable damage to S.

• 根据仲裁委员会早先的裁断，当P船不打算避开S船变得明显时，S船的唯一可行作为便是采取会让自己冒严重损伤风险的紧急顺风掉戗。