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COLREGS - The final word on pecking order in restricted visibility.
Everett wrote:
from the COLREGS http://www.oz.net/~papillon/kbmanual/colregs.html "Rule 4 Application "Rules in this section apply to any condition of visibility." That seems to say it all. To say what, exactly? The pecking order (rule 18), stand-on (rule 17), and give-way (rule 16) stuff is not in section I of part B, to which rule 4 refers, but in section II of part B, which is introduced by rule 11: "Rules in this section apply to vessels in sight of one another." So the pecking order *only* applies when in sight. Section III which is rule 19 applies only to vessels not in sight of one another, when in restricted visibility. This means that, even where visibility is restricted (for any reason), as soon as ships come close enough to see each other, section III goes out the window and section II kicks in, restoring pecking order *which does not exist in section III*. But this revived pecking order may be academic if by then vessels are already in a close quarters situation. |
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