RULE 5 - PROPER LOOK OUT
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Rule 5 requires that:
"Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper look-out by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the prevailing circumstances and conditions so as to make a full appraisal of the situation and of the risk of collision."
Part A - General (Rules 1-3) & Part B- Steering and Sailing Section 1 - Conduct of vessels in any condition of visibility (Rules 4-10)
Rule 1 states that the rules apply to all vessels
on the high seas and connected waters.
Rule 7
risk assumptions shall not be made on scanty (radar) information.
Sections II & III Conduct of Vessels in Sight of one another
Part C - LIGHTS & SHAPES (Rules 20-31) Part D - SOUND AND LIGHT SIGNALS - DEFINITIONS (Rules 32-37) Part E - EXEMPTIONS - Rule 38 Part F - Convention compliance verification provisions Rules 39 - 41
Annex I - Positioning and technical details of lights and shapes
Annex II - Additional signals for fishing vessels fishing in close proximity
International Maritime Organization (IMO) 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR United Kingdom
LINKS & REFERENCE
http://www.solarnavigator.net/boats/collision_at_sea_regulations_colregs.htm https://www.bluebird-electric.net/COLREGS_International_Regulations_for_Preventing_Collisions_at_Sea_1972.htm
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