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Colregs - IRPCS - Collision Regs
Test yourself onlineRYA Day Skipper and Yachtmaster
International Regulations for
Preventing Collisions at Sea
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TrainingDay Skipper Colregs
Before the detailed Collision Regs examples, there is a short section on what you need to know for the RYA Day Skipper course.
The full text of IRPCS is here:http://www.btinternet.com/~keith.bater/irpcs_colregs_complete.htm
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General Rules for Priority:
1. Not Under Command
2. Restricted Ability to Manoeuvre
3. Constrained by Draught
4. Fishing
5. Sail
6. Motor (including motor sailing) Tugs
are treated as motor vessels, unless
they are also RAM or CBD
Exceptions to General Rules:
Narrow channels
Traffic Separation Schemes.
Overtaking boats keep clear - sail and
power.
Sailing Rules
1. Starboard tack boat
2. Port tack boat
Sailing boats on the same tack:
Windward boat keeps clear.
Motoring Rules
Boats meeting head on - both turn
to starboard.
If two power vessels are crossing,
the boat which has the other on
her own starboard side shall keep
out of the way.
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What is the meaningof this sign?
Vessel at anchor Keep a good lookout at all times by all possible means
What are the rules concerning lookout?
Do the words ‘Right of Way’ appear in the Rules?
What is the meaningof this flag ?
Diver down
Keep well clear at slow speed
No
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Sailing vessel
Motor sailing
What is the meaningof this sign?
What is the meaningof this sign?
Vessel fishing
Head on:Turn to StarboardKeep to Starboard side of channel
Converging:Boat on right stands onB goes behind, slows down or stops
Two motor boats meet head on, what action is required?
Two motor boats converge
B
A
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TrainingDay Skipper Colregs 5give type of vessel, size and aspect
What vessel carriesthese lights?
Motor vessel
What vessel carriesthis light?
SailingPort side
What vessel carriesthis light?
• Stern light - any vessel
• Vessel at anchor
• Small craft
Over 50m long
from ahead
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TrainingOvertaking - Rule 13
When is a vessel overtaking?
A planing sailing dinghy is overtaking a motor cruiser.Which keeps clear?
Any overtaking vessel must keep clear
When it is approaching from an angle more than 22.5º abaft the beam of another vessel(ie in the arc of the stern light).
22.5º
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Which vessels can you distinguish as either ‘under way’ or ‘making way’ at night?
1. Not Under Command
2. Restricted Ability to Manœuvre
3. Fishing
All other vessels can only be identified as ‘under way’ at night.
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How do vessels at night indicate they are making way?
Not Under Command:shows side and stern lights NB no steaming light at masthead.
Restricted Ability to Manœuvre, and Fishing: show side lights, stern lights and masthead (steaming) lights.
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Which vessels can only be distinguished as ‘under way’ at night?
1. Sail2. Power3. Constrained By Draught4. Pilot
Define Tugs as ‘Towing’.
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TrainingDefinitions - Rule 21
Match the lights listed to their arcs of visibility:Masthead light, Sidelight, Stern light, All round light360º 112.5º on each side of bow 112.5º on one side of bow only67.5º on each side of stern
All-round lightMasthead light
Side light
Stern light(overtaking sector is 22.5 º aft of the beam)
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TrainingRule 24
What additional lights are shown by a tug with:
length of tow 200m or less
length of tow greater than 200m?
One additional masthead light. Yellow towing light at the stern
Two additional masthead lights Yellow towing light at the stern
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TrainingRule 24
What lights are shown by a vessel being towed?
Sidelights and a Sternlight
(Same as a sailing vessel, ie no power)
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TrainingFishing Vessels - Rule 26
What additional lights must a vessel engaged in trawling show at night?
What shape must it show by day?All-round green over all-round white
Two cones, apex together
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TrainingRule 26
What additional lights must a vessel engaged in fishing other than trawling show at night?
When its gear extends more than 150m to the side what further additional light and shape must it show?
All-round white light in the direction of the gear
All-round red over all round white
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TrainingRule 27
What additional lights are shown by a vessel not under command?
What shape does it show by day?
Two all-round red lights
Two balls in a vertical line
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Vessels not under command orrestricted in ability tomanoeuvre - Rule 27
What additional lights are shown by a vessel restricted in its ability to manœuvre?
What shapes does it show by day?
All-round red, white, red in a vertical line
Ball, diamond, ball in a vertical line
1 metre apart
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TrainingRule 27
What lights and shapes are shown by a vessel engaged in dredging or underwater operations to show which side to pass?
The safe side?
Unsafe: two 360º red lights vertical Two balls vertically
Safe: two 360 º green lights verticalTwo diamonds vertical
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TrainingRule 27
What additional lights are shown by a minesweeper at work?
What shapes by day?Three all-round green lights, one at the masthead and one at the end of each yard
Three balls located as above
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TrainingRule 28
What additional lights are shown by a vessel constrained by her draught?
What shape is shown by day?
Three all-round red lights
A cylinder 1m x 2m
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What additional lights are shown by a vessel on pilot duty?
What will the pilot vesselshow by day?
What sound signals are made by a pilot vessel on duty
All-round white over all-round red
Flag ‘H’
Four short blasts (Morse ‘H’)
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TrainingRule 30
What lights are shown by vessels less than 50m in length at anchor?
What shape by day?
What additional light is shown at anchor by avessel > 50m long?
All-round white light forward
A ball forward
An all-round white light low down near the stern
> 50 m port aspect
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TrainingRule 30
What lights are shown by vessels aground?
What shape by day?
Three balls in a vertical line
Anchor lights plus two vertical all-round red lights
Port side > 50m)
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Manœuvring and WarningSignals - Rule 34
When a vessel makes the following sound signals in good visibility what do they mean?
One short blast
Two short blasts
Three short blasts
Five or more short rapid blasts
I am altering course to starboard
I am altering course to port
I am operating astern propulsion
What are your intentions
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TrainingManœuvring and Warning
Signals - Rule 34
What do the following signals mean when made between vessels in a narrow channel?
One long blast
Two long followed by one short blast
Two long followed by two short blasts
One long, one short, one long & one short
I intend to overtake on your starboard side
I intend to overtake on your port side
‘Affirmative’ (by vessel being overtaken)
Vessels approaching blind bend (here I come sounding one)
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TrainingManœuvring and Warning
Signals - Rule 35
What sounds should the following vessels make in restricted visibility?
A vessel not under command
A vessel restricted in ability to manoeuvre
A vessel constrained by draught
A fishing vessel
A sailing vessel
A tug
One long followed by two short blasts every 2 mins
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Manœuvring and WarningSignals - Rule 35
What sounds should the following vessels make in restricted visibility?Power vessel making way
Power driven vessel stopped, not making way
A vessel constrained by draught
A sailing vessel
A Pilot boat on duty
One long blast every 2 minutes
Two long blasts every 2 minutes
One long followed by two short every 2 mins
One long followed by two short every 2 mins
Four short blasts(in addition to one long blast for a motor vessel)
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Manœuvring and WarningSignals - Rule 35
In fog , you hear one long blast followed by three short. What is it?
In fog, you hear a bell rung rapidly for 5 seconds. What is it?
In fog, you hear this signal. What is it?A vessel under tow (last vessel in tow)
A vessel less than 100m long at anchor
Warning of collision - signal by vessel at anchor
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Manœuvring and WarningSignals - Rule 35
In fog , you hear one long blast followed by three short. What is it?
In fog, you hear a bell rung rapidly for 5 seconds, then a gong, every minute. What is it? A vessel under tow (last vessel in tow)
A vessel >100m long at anchor
Forward Aft
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TrainingDistress Signals - Rule 37
What are the International Distress signals?
D y e M a r k e rR a d io t e le p h o n e A la r m S ig n a l / D S C
R a d io t e le g r a p h A la r m s ig n a l / D S C
S A R TS e a r c h & R e s c u e R a d a r
T r a n s p o n d e r
E P I R BE m e r g e n c yP o s i t io nI n d ic a t in gR a d ioB e a c o n
A S q u a r eS h a p e a b o v eo r b e lo w aB a l l S h a p e
C o d e F la g s
‘N ’ a n d ‘C ’
R o c k e t s o r s h e l lst h r o w in gr e d s t a r sa t s h o r tin t e r v a ls
F la m e s o r S m o k eC o n t in u o u s s o u n d w i t h f o g s ig n a l
G u n o r n o is e a t1 m in u t e in t e r v a ls
M o r s e S O S b y r a d io o r a n y o t h e r s ig n a l l in g m e t h o d
O r a n g e S m o k eR e d P a r a c h u t eo r H a n d F la r e
W a v e o u t s t r e t c h e d a r m s s lo w ly u p a n d d o w n
T h e s p o k e n w o r d ‘M A Y D A Y ’ s e n t b y
r a d io t e le p h o n y
D y e M a r k e rR a d io t e le p h o n e A la r m S ig n a l / D S C
R a d io t e le g r a p h A la r m s ig n a l / D S C
S A R TS e a r c h & R e s c u e R a d a r
T r a n s p o n d e r
E P I R BE m e r g e n c yP o s i t io nI n d ic a t in gR a d ioB e a c o n
A S q u a r eS h a p e a b o v eo r b e lo w aB a l l S h a p e
C o d e F la g s
‘N ’ a n d ‘C ’
R o c k e t s o r s h e l lst h r o w in gr e d s t a r sa t s h o r tin t e r v a ls
F la m e s o r S m o k eC o n t in u o u s s o u n d w i t h f o g s ig n a l
G u n o r n o is e a t1 m in u t e in t e r v a ls
M o r s e S O S b y r a d io o r a n y o t h e r s ig n a l l in g m e t h o d
O r a n g e S m o k eR e d P a r a c h u t eo r H a n d F la r e
W a v e o u t s t r e t c h e d a r m s s lo w ly u p a n d d o w n
T h e s p o k e n w o r d ‘M A Y D A Y ’ s e n t b y
r a d io t e le p h o n y
I n t e r n a t io n a l D is t r e s s S ig n a ls
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TrainingMore IRPCS Test Questions
In the questions that follow, give all possible information:
Type of vessel (NUC, RAM, CBD etc)Power or sailUnder way or making wayLengthAspect (starboard, port, stern, bow)Length of tug and Length of tow
It can help to draw up a table like this, and complete all possible items
Vessel type Power / sail Length Aspect Underway Making way
Tug Tow
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TrainingMore IRPCS Test Questions
You see a single white light.What is it? (3 answers)
1. The stern light of another boat
2. An anchor light
3. A light shown by a vessel < 7m and < 7 knots
eg a small motor boat or dinghy with a torch
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When does a sailing vessel on starboard tack give way to another vessel?
1. When it is overtaking boat
2. When it is to windward of another boat on starboard tack
3. When it meets another vessel which is NUC, RAM, CBD, Fishing.
4. When it meets a motor vessel which can only navigate within a narrow channel, or in a Traffic Separation Scheme.
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What vessel shows the following lights?
Motor vessel
> 50m long
Bow aspect
Constrained by Draught
Under way
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What vessel shows the following lights?
Length not known
VesselNot under command
Starboard aspect
Making way
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TrainingMore Colregs Test Questions
What vessel shows the following lights?
Length not known
Vessel Trawling
Stern aspect
Making way
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What vessel shows the following lights?
Length not known
Vessel towing
Stern aspect
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What vessel shows the following lights?
Sailing Vessel
Under way
Starboard aspect
Length < 20m
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What vessel shows the following lights?
Vessel at anchor
Length > 50m
Starboard aspect
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TrainingMore Collision Regs questions
Vessel towing. Length over 50m.Port side.Tow less than 200 metres long
Vessel towing, length under 50m.Starboard side
Tow over 200 metres long
What vessel carries these lights?
What vessel carries these lights?
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What is meant by the following sound signals??
Motor vessel – stopped in restricted visibilityAdditional warning – vessel anchored in restricted visibility
My engines are in astern propulsion
Pilot vessel – making way in fog
I intend to overtake to starboard
I intend to overtake to port
Affirmative
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