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Page 407 - When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other as follows, viz.
Page 409 - This article only applies to cases where vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, in such a manner as to involve risk of collision...
Page 405 - Art. 17. When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other...
Page 364 - ... points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on...
Page 391 - A vessel under one hundred and fifty feet in length when at anchor shall carry forward, where it can best be. seen, but at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a lantern so constructed as to show a- clear, uniform, and unbroken light visible all around1 the horizon at a distance of at least one mile.
Page 423 - In obeying and construing these rules due regard shall be had to all dangers of navigation and collision, and to any special circumstances which may render a departure from the above rules necessary in order to avoid immediate danger.
Page 408 - ... other; in other words, to cases in which by day each vessel sees the masts of the other in a line or nearly in...
Page 396 - ... (v) A vessel when towing, a vessel engaged in laying or in picking up a submarine cable or navigation mark, and a vessel under way which is unable to get out of the way of an approaching vessel through being not under command or unable to manoeuvre as required by these Rules...
Page 362 - The rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited.
Page 363 - ... points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least two miles.