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Question 1

TRUE or FALSE

These Rules shall apply to ALL vessels upon the high seas, coastal and inshore water.

Answer 1

FALSE

These Rules shall apply to ALL vessels upon the high seas and in all water connected therewith navigable by seagoing vessels.

Question 2

TRUE or FALSE

Nothing in these Rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner, master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to comply with these Rules or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstance of the case.

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

What are the different types of ‘vessels’ as described in these Rules?

Give at least 3 examples

Answer 3

The word ‘vessel’ includes EVERY description of watercraft (tugboat, warship, container vessels, bulk carriers, etc), non-displacement craft (such as hovercraft), WIG (wing-in-ground) craft and seaplanes, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.

Question 4

Define ‘power-driven vessel’

Answer 4

Any vessel propelled by machinery

Question 5

Define ‘sailing vessel’

Answer 5

Any vessel under sail provided that propelling machinery, if fitted, is not being used

Question 6

Define ‘vessel engaged in fishing’

Answer 6

Any vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls, or other fishing apparatus which RESTRICT manoeuvrability, but does not include a vessel fishing with trolling lines or other fishing apparatus which DO NOT restrict manoeuvrability.

Question 7

Define ‘seaplane’

Answer 7

Any aircraft designed to manoeuvre on the water

Question 8

Define ‘not under command’

Answer 8

A vessel which through some exceptional circumstance is unable to manoeuvre as required by these Rules and is therefore unable to keep out of the way of another vessel

Question 9

Define ‘restricted in her ability to manoeuvre’

Answer 9

A vessel which from the nature of her work is restricted in her ability to manoeuvre as required by these Rules and is therefore unable to keep out of the way of another vessel.

Question 10

Give 5 examples of vessels that are ‘restricted in her ability to manoeuvre’

Answer 10

1) Vessel engaged in laying, servicing, or picking up a navigation mark, submarine cable or pipeline
2) Vessel engaged in dredging, surveying or underwater operations
3) Vessel engaged in replenishment or transferring persons, provisions or cargo while underway
4) Vessel engaged in launching and/or recovery of aircraft
5) Vessel engaged in mine clearance operations
6) Vessel engaged in towing operations such as severely restricts the towing vessel and her tow in their ability to deviate from their course

Question 11

Define ‘constrained by her draught’

Answer 11

A power-driven vessel which, because of her draught in relation to the available depth and width of navigable water, is severely restricted in her ability to deviate from the course she is following

Question 12

Define ‘underway’

Answer 12

A vessel that is not at anchor, or made fast to the shore, or aground

Question 13

Define ‘restricted visibility’

Answer 13

Any condition in which visibility is restricted by fog, mist, falling snow, heavy rainstorms, sandstorms or any other similar causes

Question 14

Define ‘Wing-In-Ground (WIG) Craft’

Answer 14

A multimodal craft which, in its main operational mode, flies in close proximity to the surface by utilizing surface-effect action