1 IRPCS IRPCS Rules, lights, shapes and Rules, lights, shapes and sounds sounds
Jan 12, 2016
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Rules, lights, shapes and Rules, lights, shapes and soundssounds
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Rules - Lookout Rules - Lookout
• Sight, sound, VHF, Radar, AISSight, sound, VHF, Radar, AIS
• Watch blind spotsWatch blind spots
• No relaxing this ruleNo relaxing this rule
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Rules - Lookout Rules - Lookout
• Watch for traffic from behindWatch for traffic from behind
• High speed craft can come from horizon High speed craft can come from horizon to your position in less than 10 mins!!to your position in less than 10 mins!!
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Does risk of collision exist?Does risk of collision exist?
• Take Take bearingbearing
• If it does If it does not change not change – risk of – risk of collision collision existsexists
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Rules – craft meetingRules – craft meeting
• Port to portPort to port
• Turn rightTurn right
• Drive on rightDrive on right
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Rules – craft meetingRules – craft meeting
• Give way to Give way to craft on craft on starboard sidestarboard side
• Right is right!!Right is right!!
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Rules – craft meetingRules – craft meeting
• Overtaking Overtaking boat keeps boat keeps clearclear
• This includes This includes sailing boats!!sailing boats!!
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Rules – craft meeting -Rules – craft meeting -prioritiespriorities
• Give way to Give way to craft less able craft less able to manoeuvre to manoeuvre than you!than you!
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Rules – craft meeting -Rules – craft meeting -prioritiespriorities
• Give way to Give way to shipping in shipping in channels channels
• Cross with Cross with carecare
• Keep out if Keep out if possiblepossible
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Rules – Crossing a TSSRules – Crossing a TSS
• Heading at right Heading at right angles to TSSangles to TSS
• Avoid crossing in Avoid crossing in fogfog
• Avoid sailing Avoid sailing across in light across in light windswinds
• Cross as quickly as Cross as quickly as possiblepossible
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Rules – sailing vesselsRules – sailing vessels
• Port gives Port gives way to way to starboardstarboard
• Weather boat Weather boat keeps clearkeeps clear
• Overtaking Overtaking boat keeps boat keeps clearclear
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Rules - Sound signalsRules - Sound signals
• In good vizIn good viz
• In fogIn fog
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Lights - small craft lightsLights - small craft lights
• All craft All craft 7m+7m+
• Less than Less than 50m 50m (power)(power)
• Less than Less than 20m (sail)20m (sail)
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Lights - ShipsLights - Ships
• 50 m +50 m +
• Watch for Watch for deck deck lights!!lights!!
• Beware of Beware of backgrounbackground lightsd lights
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Lights Lights + + Shapes - Shapes - ShipsShips
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RevisioRevisionn
IRPCS RESTRICTED VISIBILITY
3 + 5 sec MIN
PILOT
5sec MIN
100M +