Remco Moedt wrote:
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:42:00 -0000, "Donal"
wrote:


"Remco Moedt" wrote in message
...

AFAIK the COLREGS only apply to American waters (correct me when I'm
wrong, but somehow I've a feeling I don't need to ask this g)

Oh dear!! We've got another one who didn't study geography at school.


I don't see what geography has to do with it.


The International Collregs are not related to the "World Series".


Hehe


Believe it or not, the international regulations actually apply to waters
that are not officially under US jurisdiction.


I do understand that now. My problem was that I didn't understand if
the COLREGS was the American variant of the international rules (like
BVA (Bepalingen ter voorkoming van aanvaring op zee) in the
Netherlands), or the international rules itself. Jeff cleared that up
for me.

Actually, the "ColRegs" are the International rules - that's how the IMO
(International Maritime Organization) refers to them, though some
countries have different names. The local rules in the US are called
the "Inland Rules." The two set of rules are 95% the same.