Colregs Flashcards
What are the official Colregs documents.
MSN 1781
Not to Impede
Take early action to allow sufficient sea room for the safe passage of the other vessel.
Definition - Fishing Vessel
Any vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls, or other fishing apparatus which restricts manoeuvrability, but does not include a vessel fishing with trolling lines or other fishing apparatus which does not restrict manoeuvrability.
Define - Restricted Visability
Any condition in which visibility is restricted by fog, mist, falling snow, heavy rain storms, sand storms and any other similar cause.
Which MGN discuss TSS in Dover straight.
MGN 364
What is the signal for Not using a TSS correctly
Yankee Golf
Define - Nautical Mile
1852m
Define underway
A vessel is not at anchor or made fast to the shore or aground.
Define Power-driven vessel;
Any vessel propelled by machinery
Define Sailing vessel
Any vessel under sail provided that if fitted with propelling machinery it is not in use
Define a Vessel
Every description of water craft, including non displacement craft, WIG and seaplanes used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
Distress signals
Pyrotechnics:
- Red rocket flare or red hand flare
- Rocket or shells firing red stars at regular intervals
- Orange smoke flare
- firing of a gin or explosion a regular intervals of 1minute
- Flames of smoke coming from a burning barrel
Signals:
- N/C
- Black square flag with a black ball either above or below
- Continues sounding of fog-signalling equipment
- Slowly raising and lowering of outstretched arms
- Orange ID sheet with a black square of circle in teh centre
- Dye in the water
Radio:
- Spoken words MAYDAY over radio telephony
- Alarm on a radio telephone unit
- Alarm on a radio telegraphy set
- Morse code SOS on radio telegraphy or any other signalling device.
- EPIRB homing signal
- SART
