At all times means at all times. How can it be more clear than that.
It means you can't be below cooking a meal or you can't be sleeping.
You can't be listening to your walkman and you can't be climbing
the mast making repairs.

You cannot sail solo around the world and comply with Rule 5.

In order to make sailing around the world comply with the
COLREGS, it would probably require a three-person crew at
minimum. One to run the ship, one to maintain a look-out and
one to be resting, off-duty.

Or, if you wanted to call it solo racing the two others on
board could do the cooking, and watching in shifts while
the person going for the record ran the ship. No help from
the two people designated as look-outs would be allowed
and this could be monitored using a number of small
cameras.

CN

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message news:3zaOd.14663$K54.8748@edtnps84...

"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
"A proper look-out is defined by every vessel
at all times maintaining a look-out by sight as
well as by hearing as well as by all available
means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances
and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of
the situation and of the risk of collision."

Jumpin' Jehosaphat, but you people are retarded!

Well Neal... truthfully speaking.... the "at all times" is a little vague don't you think?
If there is nothing visible, nothing on the radar and nobody answering radio hails.... does it mean you are expected to stand
like a stork and keep looking??... or do you have time to go below and fetch another brew?

I generally totally ignore the COLREGS... and for the most part any other regulations or enforcement personnel involved. Then
again I don't get into a fit because some woman sailed around the world in a sailboat either.

CM