Part B - Steering and sailing

Question 1

What are the three sections of Part B of COLREGS 1972?

Answer 1

Section I - For any visibility
Section II - For vessels in sight of one another
Section III - For restricted visibility

Question 2

State Rule 4

Answer 2

The rules apply in any condition of visibility.

Question 2

What is the heading of Rule 4?

Answer 2

Application

Question 3

What is the heading of Rule 5?

Answer 3

Lookout

Question 4

State Rule 5

Answer 4

Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and 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.

Question 5

State part (a.) of Rule 6

Answer 5

Every vessel shall at all times proceed at a safe speed so that she can take proper and effective action to avoid collision and be stopped within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and conditions.
In determining a safe speed the following factors shall be among those taken into account:
(a) By all vessels:
(i) the state of visibility;
(ii) the traffic density including concentrations of fishing vessels or any other vessels;
(iii) the manoeuvrability of the vessel with special reference to stopping distance and turning ability in the prevailing conditions;
(iv) at night the presence of background light such as from shore lights or from back scatter of her own lights;
(v) the state of wind, sea and current, and the proximity of navigational hazards;
(vi) the draught in relation to the available depth of water.