Quiz Question

Originally posted by Presuming Ed Of course, you haven't specified "under RRS only", so we have to include IRPCAS.  So;  overtaking fishing under sail  a vessel not under command; a vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver; constrained by draught

Originally posted by Brass Isn't this a fairly trivial exercise in using the search key on the RRS?   Rule 12, Clear Astern Rule 13, Tacking Rule 19( c ) boat becoming inside overlapped at an obstruction where no room Rule 21.1 OCS returning Rule 21.2 taking a Penalty Rule 21.3 sailing backwards Rule 22:  sometimes a boat that does not 'avoid' another does not 'keep clear' Rule 23:  sometimes a boat that 'interferes' does not 'keep clear'.

Acquiring right of way
Capsized boat
When she needs to gybe around a mark
When not sailing a proper course and the other boat is on another leg.
When the Port tacker is the pathfinder in a gate start!
While gybing in a match race.

1.    When P is eligible for mark room at a downwind mark (18.2 & 18.4)

S is required to give mark-room:  giving mark-room is not the same as keeping clear.

 

2.    When P is eligible for room at an obstruction (19.2)

S is required to give room:  giving room is not the same as keeping clear

 

3.    When S has just acquired right of way and P is unable to avoid her (15)

S is required to give room:  giving room is not the same as keeping clear.

 

4.    When S is altering course in a way which would prevent P from being able to keep clear (16.1)

S is required to give room:  giving room is not the same as keeping clear.

 

5.    When S is ROW but would cause damage to P not keeping clear (14)

S is required to avoid contact.  Avoiding contact is not the same as keeping clear.

 

6.    When S is not racing and P is (23.1)

S is required to 'not interfere':  not interfering is not the same as keeping clear

 

7.    When S has the wind free and it is dark (col regs apply at night?)

COLREGS haven't given a starboard boat sailing downwind rights over a port tacker close hauled for about 50 years.

 

8.    When P is capsized, anchored, aground or rescuing (22)

S is required to avoid:  avoiding is not the same as keeping clear

 

9.    When S is in the process of taking a penalty (21.2)

Yup.

 

10.  When S is in the process of returning to re-start after being OCS (21.1)

Yup

 

11.  When S is sailing backwards (21.3)

Yup

 

12.  When P is on another leg, and S is not sailing her proper course (23.2)

S is required to 'not interfere':  not interfering is not the same as keeping clear

If your question had been 'In what circumstances may a port tack boat that does not keep clear of a boat on starboard not be penalised?' Your answer would have worked better.

Edited by Brass - 06 Dec 12 at 9:59pm

I agree that your definition is better, but it's putting the emphasis on the wrong boat! What I was trying to come up with was a list of situations where the rules place the onus on S to avoid P (be it by keeping clear, giving room or whatever), as a way of making people think a bit about their obligations and not just their rights.(It also doesn't cover the rule 14 case...)