A vessel thus proceeding is on her course and, as the vessel on the starboard hand, is privileged as respects the one coming upstream. The Breakwater v. New York, L.E. W.R. Co., 155 U.S. 252, 15 S.Ct. 99, 39 L.Ed. 139; The Harry (C.C.A.) 57 F.2d 184; The Boston Socony (C.C.A.) 63 F.2d 246. There is no merit in the possible objection that the West Point continued to hold her course and speed at a time when such a mode of navigation was patently dangerous, instead of holding back or passing to starboard.

Once it is established that the Socony made straight for the buoy, it is clear that the starboard hand rule applied. She was on a steady course, for she was obviously crossing the channel, as she had the right to do. The Dixie, 57 F.2d 184 (C.C.A. 2); The Hoboken, 59 F.2d 993 (C.C.A. 2); The Breakwater v. New York, L.E. W.R. Co., 155 U.S. 263, 15 S. Ct. 99, 39 L. Ed. 139. That she intended to turn at the buoy is wholly immaterial; it cannot be successfully maintained that she was merely maneuvering while she was holding a steady heading over the half-mile distance between her pier and the buoy. The No. 11 was also on a steady course.