Proper Course FAQs

Thanks all, I'll give those a look

Thanks Riv, good idea. We definitely need tools like this to aid rule understanding. I'll seriously consider putting one together.

You're right Paul. However, to all intents and purposes it is overtaking. Unfortunately there isn't really a verb form of 'overlap established from astern'. My focus is on making the rules understandable and unless there is something damaging about my use of the word overtaking, it's probably the best word. I'm open to being convinced otherwise though

True Sam true. But to create an overlap one of the boats must be overtaking (at least initially) so you can still kinda see one as the overtaking boat even if they slow down or don't complete their overtaking. There isn't too much ambiguity in using the word as we all know which one we are talking about when we say 'overtaking boat'. But from a preciseness point of view you are dead right. I may change it. I'll just have to find words that fit the sentence without making it feel convoluted. 

Given that many of the basics of the rules are based on IRPCS, but the overtaking boat rule was taken out because it caused clashes with other rules, putting it back in seems like a bad idea to me. Especially as it trumps even port/starboard in colregs.