Intro To Nav Flashcards
(37 cards)
What United States President proclaimed 72 COLREGS and the Congress adopted them as the International Navigational Rules Act of 1977‘?
Gerald R. Ford
The International Rules were lormalr/.ed in the Conveiition on the International Regulations fur Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, and became ellective on what date‘?
July 15. 1977
The 72 COLREGS were developed by the Inter—Governmental Maritime Consultative Organization (IMCO) which in May 1982 was renamed the what‘?
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
The effective date for the Inland Navigation Rules was December 24, 1981, except for the Great Lakes where the effective date was what?
March 1, 1983
What word includes every description of water craft, including nondisplacement craft and seaplanes, used or ca able of bein used as a means of trans ortation on water‘?
Vessel
What term means any vessel propelled by machinery‘?
Power driven vessel
What includes any aircraft designed to maneuver on the water‘?
Seaplane
What temi means a vessel which through some exceptional circumstance is unable to maneuver as required by these Rules and is therefore unable to keep out of the way of another vessel‘?
Vessel not under command
What means a power—driven vessel which, because of her draft in relation to the available depth and width of navigable water is severely restricted in her ability to deviate from the course she is following?
Vessel constrained by her draft
vessel of less than how many meters in length or a sailing vessel shall not itnpede the passage of a vessel which can safely navigate only within a narrow channel or fairway‘!
20
vessel shall be deemed to be overtaking when coming up with another vessel from a direction more than how many degrees abaft her beam, that is, in such a position with reference to the vessel she is overtaking, that at night she would be able to see only the sternlight of that vessel but neither of her sidelights?
22.5
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 what so that each shall pass on the port side of the other‘?
Starboard
Unless otherwise agreed, 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 what side of the other?
Port
Masthead light” means a white light placed over the fore and aft centerline of the vessel showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of how many degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on either side of the vessel‘?
225
Sidelights” means a green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side each showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of how many degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to 22.5 degrees abaft the beam on its respective side‘? (
112.5
In a vessel of less than how many meters in length the sidelights may be combined in one lantern carried on the fore and aft centerline of the vessel‘?
20
Stemlight” means a white light placed as nearly as practicable at the stern showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of 135 degrees and so fixed as to show the light how many degrees from right aft on each side of the vessel‘?
67.5
All—round light” means a light showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of how many degrees’?
360
Flashing light” means a light flashing at regular intervals at a frequency of how many flashes or more per minute?
120
Special flashing light” means a yellow light flashing at regular intervals at a frequency of 50 to 70 flashes per minute, placed as far forward and as nearly as practicable on the fore and aft centerline of the tow and showing an unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of not less than 180 degrees nor more than 225 degrees and so fixed as to show the light from right ahead to abeam and no more than how many degrees abaft the beam on either side of the vessel‘?
22.5
a power—driven vessel of less than 7 meters in length whose maximum speed does not exceed how many knots may in lieu of the lights prescribed exhibit an allround white light and shall, if practicable, also exhibit sidelights‘?
7
An inconspicuous. partly submerged vessel or object. or combination of such vessels or objects being towed if it is less than how many meters in breadth, one all—round white light at or near the forward end and at or near the after end except that dracones need not exhibit a light at or near the forward end‘?
25
The light indicating the direction of the outlying gear from a vessel engaged in fishing as prescribed in Rule 2(w(c)(ii) shall be placed at a horizontal distance of not less than 2 meters and not more than how many meters away from the two all—r0und red and white lights‘?
6
vessel when engaged in trawling, by which is meant the dragging through the water of a dredge net or other apparatus used as a fishing appliance, shall exhibit a masthead light abaft of and higher than the all- round green light; a vessel of less than how many meters in length shall not be obliged to exhibit such a light but may do so?
50
