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Clear Actions

Responsibility

Lookout

Safe Speed

Continuous Assessment

Restricted visibility

All actions must be clear, in good time and large enough so other skippers will understand your intentions.

Clarity of action reduces the chance of collision and saves lives.

All skippers must anticipate potential dangers and take actions ahead of time to avoid them.

Clear actions are required whenever you're in the boat.

Responsibility puts everyone on notice for safe boating even when others don't observe or don't know the rules.

Every Skipper and crew must be alert for potential dangers and avoid life threatening situations.

Responsibility rests with every Skipper and every crew member.

You must keep a good lookout with your eyes and ears at all times.

Maintaining a good look out reduces the chance of collisions and saves lives.

Use every means possible to maintain a clear look-out. These include your eyes, ears, radar, sonar, charts, depth sounder, GPS etc.

In every boating situation use eyes, ears, radar, sonar, charts, depth sounder, GPS etc. to avoid collisions with other vessels.

Prevailing conditions always dictate that you travel at a safe speed.

Traveling at safe speeds give you plenty of time to manoeuvre clearly and avoid collisions.

Slow down if your are in the water with too many boats, fog, people, divers, darkness and rough conditions.

Maintain a clear look out and reduce speed suitable to the prevailing conditions.

Constantly asses all vessels in the vicinity to asses the potential for collision and the measures to avoid contact.

Continuous assessment looks forward to potential collisions and avoids them.

Project vessel movements through line-of-sight bearings and avoid potential collisions.

In busy inland estuaries observe the activities of other boats and anticipate their future positions to avoid collision.

Navigation lights make vessels more visible in difficult conditions.

Navigation lights and reduced speed make it easier for other vessels to see you in difficult situations.

Turn on your lights, slow down and be ready to stop if you sight another vessel or hear a fog signal.

Author	Rod Marton
School
Contact	Rod.Marton@Transport.wa.gov.au
Description	International regulations for avoiding collisions at sea
Domain	Boating
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