Rules of the Road Flashcards
International Regulations (Rules of the Road 72 Colregs)
1977 International Regulations for Preventing collisions at sea
ColReg Demarcation Line
Border between International and Inland rules
yellow over white
hauser towing at night
yellow over yellow
I’m pushing a fellow (and hip towing inland)
2 in a row
A tug and a tow
3 in a row
Tug & long tow (over 200m) or long tug & short tow
4 in a row
long tug & a long tow
Red over Green
I’m a sailing maching
Thumbs down
To sailboaters under sail and power
Green over white
Trawling at night
Red over white
Fishing at night
Thumbs Up
to fisherman (nets, lines, trawls)
Red over Red
My captain is dead (NUC)
NUC
Not under Command
Red White Red
Captain making Bread (R.A.M.)
Restricted in Ability to Maneuver
R.A.M
White over red
Pilot Ahead
A flashing red & yellow
public service fellow
Flashing Blue
Hide your brew (police)
Single or Double all around white
anchored at night (light)
One or two white and two red
shallow water ahead (vessel aground)
Rules of road rhyme
over night rooms for sale plus supper
all watercraft capable of being used as transportation on water
vessel
Any vessel propelled by machinery
power-driven vessel
Any vessel under sail, not using machinery
Saling vessel
vessel fishing with nets, lines, trawls or other apparatus that restricts maneuverability
vessel engaged in fishing
aircraft designed to maneuver on water
seaplane
vessel which through some exceptional circumstance is unable to maneuver as required by the rules
vessel not under command
vessel which from the nature of her work is restricted in her ability to maneuver as required by the rules. ex - service navigation, dredging, transfer cargo, launch aircraft, mines,
vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver
power driven vessel which draft restricts ability to deviate from course
vessel constrained by her draft
not at anchor, not made fast, not aground
underway
length overall
length