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Rule 12 – Sailing Vessels. [16] [17] The rule details how two or more sailing vessels should give way to each other when meeting. [16] [17] This is based on the wind direction. [17] When each [16] sailing vessel has the wind on a different side, the vessel which has the wind on the port side should keep out of the way of the other. [16]
Title 46 is the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs shipping within the United States for the United States Coast Guard, the United States Maritime Administration, and the United States Maritime Commission. It is available in digital or printed form.
In U.S. waters, vessels must comply with the regulations implementing Section 312 of the Clean Water Act. On some ships, especially many of those that travel in Alaskan waters, sewage is treated using Advanced Wastewater Treatment (AWT) systems that generally provide improved screening, treatment, disinfection , and sludge processing as ...
Day shapes are black in color and their sizes are determined by the ColRegs; for example, the size of the ball is not less than 0.6 metres (2.0 ft). The vertical distance between shapes is at least 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). Vessels of less than 20 metres (66 ft) length may use shapes of smaller size commensurate with the size of the vessel. [2]
Admiralty law or maritime law is a body of law that governs nautical issues and private maritime disputes. Admiralty law consists of both domestic law on maritime activities, and private international law governing the relationships between private parties operating or using ocean-going ships.
In the UK, merchant sailing vessels were historically measured using Builder's Old Measurement to measure tonnage and taxed accordingly. Due to the difficulty with accurately measuring the internal volume of a sailing vessel with a hull of varying curvature, a set of distances at points on the hull was defined to be measured and entered into a ...
An extract from a case study in the application of Mark Room (Rule 18). The Racing Rules of Sailing (often abbreviated to RRS) govern the conduct of yacht racing, windsurfing, kitesurfing, model boat racing, dinghy racing and virtually any other form of racing around a course with more than one vessel while powered by the wind.
Sailing Directions contain information on countries, navigational hazards, buoyage, pilotage, regulations, anchorages and port facilities, seasonal currents, ice and climatic conditions. Diagrams and photos are included to help identifying places through textual description during coastal navigation and to support the passage planning stage.