1-367 Seafarers are used to managin

1-367 Seafarers are used to managing risk; they both live and work in a hazardous environment. In most cased, these hazards can be managed quite successfully and it can be argued that it is primarily the commercial operation of the ship that raise the risk profile to potentially dangerous levels. This is through the pressures brought by time constraints - the old adage "Time is Money" holds very true in shipping. To give a simple illustration: assume a ship generally uses two tugs to leave a port safety. The wind is force six and only one tug is available: she has no pressing trading commitments - should she sail? The wind is force six and there is only one tud available, the vessel needs to sail immediately in order to present notice of reaciness within the stipulated cancelling time for a lucrative charter - should she sail? Perhaps the answer is no to both scenarios; but if the wind was only gusting force four, or four occasionally five and the charter rate was...?