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Burdened Vessel:
The boat which, im a collision situation, did not have the right-of-way |
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Navigation rules are
often called rules of the road at sea and
apply to all skippers on any bareboat yacht charter... These
rules give clear indication about passing, approaching,
giving way and overtaking to avoid collisions
with other boats.
- A moving bareboat must avoid a stopped boat.
- Large ships have right-of-way in confined
areas, such as a channel. Large ships and
boats towing other boats can't turn or slow
down easily, do not cross their bows.
- A sailing yacht has right-of-way over powerboats
(except for Rule above) and unless the sailboat is
overtaking a powerboat or a powerboat is fishing (trawling)
- All skippers on a bareboat yacht charter should maintain a proper lookout.
- If you need to make a course change to avoid
a collision, turn early and make a large turn
so that the other boat clearly understands your intension
The parts of a bareboat
The illustration below shows the
deck plan of a bareboat with the various parts as they are named.
Rivers and channels
 A
vessel must always be navigated on the starboard side (right)
of a river
or channel - Pass Port to Port...(left)
Keep well to the right of mid channel whenever practicable.
Approaching a bend or curve that obscures visibility a power bareboat
must signal with one long blast of its horn... Any boat approaching
from the other side must answer with a similar blast.
Bareboat under power approaching bow on to another boat
 Each
boat alters course to starboard (right) and passes port
to port (left).
This rule applies to narrow channels but can also be applied
in open water if there is doubt of the other boat's intentions...
a single, short whistle blast signals this manoeuvre;
giving a similar short blast is the proper response of assent.
 A bareboat
under power can pass starboard to starboard with adequate clearance
Sometimes in a meeting situation, such as when two boats
are approaching starboard bow to starboard bow, but far enough
apart so there is no danger of collision, they can legally
pass each other starboard to starboard.
Each acknowledges the situation and intent with two short
blasts.
Power-driven boats crossing
 The
boat approaching from the starboard (right) side has right of
way. However, if the other boat does not give way, the 'privileged'
boat with right of way must take action to avoid a collision.
Overtaking boat must avoid
 If you are overtaking in your bareboat you are required to keep out of the way of the boat being
overtaken. This applies to both a sailing yacht and power bareboat... the usual
course is to signal two short blasts, turn left (to port) and
leave the other boat to starboard.
Sailing yacht and power-driven boats
 Power
usually gives way to sail. However, this does not always
apply. Larger power-driven boats with limited manoeuvrability
should be given a wide berth by all boats... a sailing yacht under
auxiliary power also loses its privilege...even if the yacht's
canvas is hoisted.
When two sailing yachts meet on a bareboat charter
The boat on starboard tack has
right-of-way over the boat on port tack.
The leeward boat has right-of-way over the windward boat.
 When
two close-hauled sailing yachts converge... starboard tack
always has right of way. The boat on the port tack (i.e.,
with the wind coming over its port side) must stay clear -
by turning to pass astern of the other (below), by tacking
onto a new course or by luffing up until the other has passed
by.
 Starboard
tack also has right of way when two sailing yachts running before
the wind on opposite tacks are converging on the same point.
However, should one boat approach another from behind, it
then is overtaking and must keep out of the other's way regardless
of which tack it is sailing on.
 When
two sailing yachts are sailing along side by side on the same tack,
the boat to leeward - the one farthest from the source of
the wind - has the right of way. The boat on the windward
side must avoid bearing down on the other, even if that means
luffing up or coming about to the other tack to keep clear.
Intrusions on the fairway
 A
bareboat moving in a channel - or fairway - normally has the right
of way over all boats leaving a dock or berth. The docked
powerboat shown below must give 3 short whistle blasts before
backing - and must stop if the boat in the fairway warns of
a collision by sounding four or more short blasts.
 A
ferryboat is the only vessel that enjoys the right of way
when docking or moving out into the fairway. Though no
formal regulation specifies this privilege, the ferry's inherent
need to embark and dock repeatedly and on schedule has resulted
in a tacit agreement among seamen to give ferries the right
of way.
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