As part of our Yachtmaster training we discuss COLREGS - Collision Regulations - or the Rules of the Road for mariners. There are a surprising number of misc...

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just about poor with reality more than I

have yeah so basically the videos are

night pretty much real-time that means

they're going to get a bit more random

I'm afraid because we're sitting out a

lot of storms here in the rain it's a

lovely day today but it's not always

like that

because we're sitting out a lot of

storms we can't always get filming so

we're probably going to do some things

that people have requested some people

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some people want to see how we did the

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them over the next few weeks as we fill

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what is the most important thing you're

going to learn about collision

regulations tonight the number-one rule

is and if you don't read rule 17 in fact

it's so good

that's sad again no matter what you

think you do not have a right-of-way

call rates is very very clear on it it's

a combination of two rules rule 2 rule

17 realtor says hiding behind these

rules will not get you out of trouble

with the law basically if you see a

collision coming on YouTube no action to

avoid it even if you are the stand on

vessel you can't use that as a

protection Conrad says if you do that

realtor will not protect you you're

right rule 17 says if you see a

collision coming and the other vessel is

supposed to give way and doesn't then

you have to do something to avoid the

collision so the two taken together room

two saying you can't hide behind these

rooms for protection and rule 17 saying

you must avoid a collision if you see

one coming doesn't matter about the

rules you must avoid it those two

together mean you did not have a

right-of-way it's not like on the road

with a car if there's a vessel coming

towards you you need to get out of its

way if it is not getting out of your way

whatever else happens you must not

collide that's the whole point of corex

its collision regulations quite

everything okay Beverly you and I have

read the coal wrecks and so give us a

simple rule that sums it all up all

right simple rule of thumb and it is

just fair enough so it's something that

we have made up it's not in the book

just from reading it it's something that

we've hit upon which in our opinion

explains most collision regulations and

it is very very simple

the least maneuverable vessel is the

standalone vessel the one that can

maneuver is the gift way vessel and

we've got lots of snow

I used to illustrate that but I mean a

simple example I mean people chant the

par gives way to sale and then expect

hundred thousand ton tankers to move out

of the way have a rowboat or a sailboat

if that big ship is in a channel where

it can't maneuver because it's a narrow

channel then it's less maneuverable than

you you're gonna be the giveaway vessel

end off because it can't maneuver

sailboats and power boats generally

speaking sailboats are dependent on the

winds and they've got to be careful how

they maneuver next to the wind whereas a

powerful come ons core it pleases so a

part of what's more maneuverable so by

and large it is the giveaway vessel how

do you to power boats which are equally

maneuver deal with this situation right

well to power boats like you say they're

equally maneuverable but all you need is

a set of rules to sort out movement so

everybody knows what everybody else is

going today and a second rule of thumb

simple and remember is generally

speaking for most collision regulations

you turn to starboard you know you'll

find in most of the regulations it's a

turn to starboard so if both boats turn

to starboard then they will miss each

other that is the general rule the other

situation you sometimes get is a

powerboat going that way when another

power boat is coming that way and the

rule is if you have a start if you have

another parable on your starboard side

then you turn to starboard so they see

you run parallel go run the back of it

and carry on so generally it's a turn to

starboard if both vessels are equally

maneuverable you turn to start to avoid

your collision

I'm do it and print your time and make

it a nice obvious maneuver so the other

book knows what you're doing don't leave

it in or last minute okay right special

section for the Yogi's all right I'm

about to destroy another legend

we've read up with there isn't a right

of way the other legend is I'm gonna

power games waiter sail yeah and I hear

it so often you know you think that

because you're in a sailboat par gives

way to seal and indeed it does in very

limited circumstances

generally speaking a powerful is more

maneuverable than a sailboat so there

or is the giveaway vessel but in

situations where you have some Becca

tanker in a narrow channel or you have a

fishing vessel trailing nets or you

maybe have a dive boat with a dive or

dine or a survey book that's doing a

survey they are not gonna maneuver for

you they are the least maneuverable

vessel you may have a vessel that's not

under command with the day she up

showing in all these situations you're

considered more maneuverable them and

seal will give way to par another simple

rule is quite so many of you dealing

with the bigger ones the big ships and

things might is right I mean yeah okay

maybe you're maybe once in a while

you're correct and they should have

given way to you but as their boat goes

over the remains of your yachts and you

sink to the bottom to Davy Jones's

Locker and you're bobbing around in your

life raft and Lifest screaming I was in

there right it's not gonna do you a lot

of good your insurance company won't

thank you for it so generally speaking

just snake clear par gives way to seal

will not save you remember rule 2 you

cannot hide behind the rules if there's

a collision coming what's divided and

you mustn't cause one so generally

speaking par should give way to seal if

they are more maneuverable than you are

yeah but like you say big vessels aren't

more maneuverable and fishing vessels

are definitely not more maneuverable

than you are if the fishing vessel makes

a turn with all its lines aren't theirs

they've got a complete a fishing boat

over and kill and capsize it's no good I

can flip this boat 180 degrees very

quickly and eight I mean I've done turns

out there in the water at where I'm

going back parallels and I all attracted

the other wick I left and it's somebody

a couple of books but widths away I mean

she turns on the sixpence when she's in

the mood you know but a big tanker

there are turning circles about a mile

and a half sort of thing so you can turn

the quicker you're the big tanker that's

me I'm more maneuverable so that's why

we have this simple rule the more

maneuverable boat get this gives way but

also he's not bigger than me if we rob

each other I know he's gonna come off

worst and I will probably just avoid

scratches pinned but he will send me to

Davy Jones's Locker what happens with

two sailboats

okay so if we have two sailboats for

approaching each other the road is very

simple the one that is in starboard tack

is the stand on vessel the other one

gives way okay think about it for two

minutes and we take it back to

maneuverability

suppose the boat in the starboard tack

is very very close to win say say he

stays very close hold and obviously you

can't expect him to turn to starboard

because he's already closed hull but he

turns to starboard he'll go Andy Irons

the book will stop and then all those

way and we're never built in you'll have

to make another maneuver so the boat on

port tack in that case is the one that

gives way because the turn is to

starboard and like we said earlier a lot

of claw regs to get under things you do

a turn to starboard so if you've got a

boat in the starboard tack doing the

starboard turn is not always a

possibility for it but for a boat in

port tack it should always be a

possibility so to your sail boats coming

together

the one on port tack takes us turn to

starboard okay so if we've got two

vessels coming along and they both hug

the wind on the same tack say they're

both in the starboard tack the rule

there is the boat to windward is the

giveaway vessel and the reason for that

is he's got a few more options it's

easier for that vessel to slow down and

go behind the other vessel because he

can run downwind much easier than the

other boat can cut and go upwind it's

just one of those but it's you can argue

the roll back and forward but the rule

is quite simple the windward boat is to

give way okay Beverley talk to me about

overtaking okay overtaking is fairly

straightforward whether your seal

bullets are our boats

it's just stay clear of the vessel your

overtaking give them a good distance if

you're a powerboat please don't make a

big wash it's just difficult to control

a boat if you're being rocked around all

of this and when you've passed the boat

do not cross it spies do not cross its

path just carry on until you're well

clear before you make any other

maneuvers it's as simple as that

yeah just give everybody lots and lots

of room everybody lots of room but don't

come past the boat stand on

and then turn across the spice ants

Justin that's just a recipe for disaster

hmm you know if your engine cut site or

you're a sailboat you screw them and

over up in somewhere other thing you

could have another boat on top of you

just doesn't make sense

mm-hmm all right it's all very well

knowing the car wrecks and it's good to

know them because it will get you out of

certain situations or more importantly

it'll stop you getting into certain

situations but sadly there's always the

one Egypt there's always that somebody

who doesn't know about them or he

doesn't know about the man just doesn't

care well in addition to videos that

we're making and things like that we've

got blogs and quizzes and they can all

only be seen on our website which is

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masters

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okay not for publication she's laughing

for that impress record

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