(a) a sailing vessel underway shall exhibit: (i) sidelights; (ii) a sternlight. (b) In a sailing vessel of less than 20 meters in length the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule may be combined in one lantern carried at or near the top of the mast where it can best be seen. (c) A sailing vessel underway may, in addition to the lights prescribed in paragraph (a) of this Rule, exhibit at or near the top of the mast, where they can best be seen, two all-round lights in a vertical line, the upper being red and the lower Green, but these lights shall not be exhibited in … [Read more...]
Rule 12 – Sailing vessels
Section II – Conduct of vessels in sight of one another Rule 12: Sailing vessels (a) when two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other as follows: (i) when each of them has the wind on a different side, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other; (ii) When both have the wind on the same side, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to leeward; (iii) if the vessel with the wind on the port side sees a vessel to … [Read more...]
