Avoiding COLLISIONS is of utmost importance. It is required that you do the following in order to avoid a collision if two power driven vessels are involved: 1. Both vessels must be on a reciprocal or nearly reciprocal course. 2. … Continue reading →
Another important area of the International Rules of the Road has to do with the order of who has the RIGHTS OF WAY. I learned of a way remember this as you will see below. As you will note the … Continue reading →
This post we are discussing what action a STAND-ON vessel must take. Sometimes a vessel that should be taking action to avoid a COLLISION will for many reasons not realize that a COLLISION is imminent. Then the vessel that actually … Continue reading →
In this post we discuss the CROSSING SITUATION or Rule 15 of the International Rules of the Road. Again this only applies to POWER driven vessels and not sailboats. Also only two boats are involved. When these two power driven … Continue reading →
This post we will be discussing how to avoid a HEAD-ON-SITUATION! This applies to MOTOR vessels and not sailing or fishing vessels. So if your vessel is on a reciprocal course with another one, each vessel must alter its course … Continue reading →
In this post we continue our discussion of OVERTAKING. Now we get into specifics. The International Rules of the Road say that a vessel shall be deemed to be OVERTAKING when coming up with another vessel from a direction more … Continue reading →
As mentioned in previous post, today we are discussing OVERTAKING another vessel. First, if a sailing vessel is operating OUTSIDE a NARROW channel encounters another sailing vessel that is RESTRICTED to operating within a narrow channel, this vessel can’t impede … Continue reading →
Today we continue to study The Rules of the Road as applied to Steering and Sailing. FISHING vessels are most likely what you are going to encounter. If you are sailing in a NARROW channel and can ONLY SAFELY navigate … Continue reading →
When you are avoiding a COLLISION make sure use a succession of SMALL course changes! You should always consider slackening your vessel’s speed, coming to a FULL STOP and or reversing your engines in order to properly access a situation. … Continue reading →
Another important area to consider as related to COLLISIONS is SAFE SPEED. So the MOST important thing to remember is that according to the International Rules of the Road SAFE SPEED is when your vessel can take proper and EFFECTIVE … Continue reading →
