West of England P&I – Loss Prevention Placards
Two newplacards have been added to the West of England Club’s Collision Regulationsseries of Loss Preventionplacards. The two new placardsremind deck officers of the application of two of the principal Steering and Sailing Ruleswhich apply tosituations involving twopower driven vessels.
Thesecond set of posters in the series cover the application of Rules 14 and 15.
Rule 14 – Head-on Situation
(a) When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the prot side of the other.
(b) Such a situation shall be deemed to exist when a vessel sees the other ahead or nearly ahead and by night she would see the mast head lights of the other in a line or nearly in a line and or both sidelights and by day she observers the corresponding aspect of the other vessel.
(c) When a vessel is in any doubt as to whether such a situation exists she shall assume that it does exist and act accordingly.
Rule 15 – Crossing Situation
When two power-driven vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way and shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other vessel.
Further information can be obtained in the West of England P&Iwebsite.
