Overtaking
If you’re passing another vessel, you are the give-way vessel. This means that the other ves-
sel is expected to maintain its course and speed. You must stay out of its way as you clear it, altering
course and speed as necessary.
Conversely, if you are being passed by another vessel, you should maintain your speed and
direction so that the vessel can steer itself around you.
Other Special Situations
There are other rules to always remember when driving your boat around other vessels:
When navigating in narrow channels, you should keep to the right when it is safe and practical to do so.
If the operator of a power-driven vessel is preparing to go around a bend that may obstruct the view of other
water vessels, the operator should sound a prolonged blast on the whistle or horn for four to six seconds.
If another vessel is around the bend, it too should sound the whistle or horn. Even if no reply is heard, the vessel
should still proceed around the bend with caution.
Sailing Vessel Right-of-Way
Sailing vessels should normally be given the right-of-way. The exceptions to this are:
When the sailing vessel is overtaking the power-driven vessel, the power-driven vessel has the right of way.
Sailing vessels should keep clear of any fi shing vessel.
In a narrow channel, a sailing vessel should not hamper the safe passage of a power-driven vessel that can
navigate only in such a channel.
Fishing Vessel Right-of-Way
All vessels that are fi shing with nets, lines or trawls are considered under international rules to be fi shing vessels.
Boats with trolling lines are not considered fi shing vessels.
Fishing vessels have the right-of-way, regardless of position. But these vessels cannot impede the passage of
other vessels in narrow channels.
Reading Buoys and Other Markers
The waters of the United States are marked for safe navigation by the
lateral system of buoyage. The markers and buoys you will encounter have an
arrangement of shapes, colors, numbers and lights to show which side of the
buoy a boater should pass when navigating in a particular direction.
The markings on these buoys are oriented from the perspective
of being entered from seaward while the boater is going toward the port.
This means that red buoys are passed on the starboard (right) side when
proceeding from open water into port, and the green buoys are to the port
(left) side. When navigating out of port, your position to the buoys should
be reversed: red buoys to port and green buoys to starboard.
Many boating bodies of water are entirely within the boundaries
of a single state. The Uniform State Waterway Marking Systems have been
devised for these waters. This system uses buoys and signs with distinctive
shapes and colors to show regulatory or advisory information. These mark-
ers are white with black letters and orange borders. The information signi-
fi es speed zones, restricted areas, danger areas and general information.
Remember: Markings may vary by geographic location. Al-
ways consult local boating authorities before driving your boat in
unfamiliar waters.
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