Navigation Basics

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Head-on Situation

Head-on Situation (a) When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal on nearly reciprocal courses so as to invoke risk of collision each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side of the other. (b) Such a situation shall be deemed to exist when a vessel sees the […]

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Distance

Nautical Mile: For the measurement of distances navigation uses nautical mile. Nautical Mile equals to 1852 meters and is sub- divided into cables of one tenth of the nautical mile. The maximum value of a mile at the poles is 1864 meters and the minimum value at the equator is 1842,8 meters. Distance In navigation […]

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Responsibilities Between Vessels

(a) A power driven vessel underway shall keep out of the way of: (i) a vessel not under command; (ii) a vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre; (iii) a vessel engaged in fishing; (iv) a sailing vessel (b) A sailing vessel underway shall keep out of the way of: (i) a vessel not under […]

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