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The Navigation Rules and Defining the Undefined Terms

By CAPT Mark Poster, CMI The Navigation Rules of the modern age are similar to the rules of the road on the highway, with collision avoidance between vessels as their primary purpose. These nautical rules establish a consistent way to navigate safely and avoid collisions when two boats find themselves in one of the three […]

Two marine vessels attempt to occupy the same space at the same time.

A Chronology of the Rules through the Collision Avoidance Funnel

Leave a Comment / Collision Avoidance, Marine Law & Regulations, Maritime Safety, Navigation Rules (NAVRULES) / Captain Mark Poster, CMI

By CAPT Mark Poster, CMI The occurrence of vessel collisions raises several pertinent questions: despite the existence of the Navigation Rules, why and how do vessel collisions still happen? Don’t the Navigation Rules exist to direct what proper actions vessels are to take as they approach a “risk of collision” situation? And then, the next

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