Rule 5 - Lookout

Question 1

Rule 5

Answer 1

Look out

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 risk of collision

Question 2

Rule 5 - ‘Every vessel shall… so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of risk of collision’

Answer 2

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 risk of collision

Question 3

Rule 5 - ‘Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well …’

Answer 3

… by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of risk of collision

Question 4

Rule 5 - ‘… appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of risk of collision

Answer 4

Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means …

Question 5

Expand on what is meant by ‘all available means’

Answer 5

• Never leave a bridge unmanned
• Dont be distracted by doing other jobs, taking to other people.
• No over reliance on bridge equipment
• Situational awareness, not just keeping a visual lookout forward, having a perspective of what is happening around you