Each week, Bateaux.com offers you a question about the boat license. To validate your skills or even to discover unexplored areas. This week, we tackle the question of the rules of the road.
Rules of the road and privileges
The RIPAM (International Regulations for Preventing Accidents at Sea) indicates first of all that it is advisable to maneuver to avoid collisions.
But there is a rule that says that when 2 boats are on intersecting courses (as is the case here), the ship that sees the other on its starboard side must move out of the way to pass on its stern preferably.
In our case, according to this rule, it is therefore up to sailboat A to move aside. But isn't a sailboat supposed to have preference over a motorboat?
Pay attention, because this sailboat has a black cone in its mature. This means that it sails under motor. It is therefore not privileged compared to the motor boat. This does not change our situation. Sailboat A must change course and choose if possible to pass behind the motorboat.
