Yamaha F200C Owner's Manual

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1-8ERULES WHEN ENCOUNTERINGVESSELSThere are three main situations which youmay encounter with other vessels whichcould lead to a collision unless the SteeringRules are followed:Meeting(you are approaching another vesselhead-on)Crossing(you are traveling across the other ves-sel’s path)Overtaking(you are passing or being passed byanother vessel)In the following illustration, your boat is inthe center. You should give the right-of-wayto any vessels shown in white area (you arethe Give-Way vessel). Any vessels in theshaded area must yield to you (they are theGive-Way vessels). Both you and the meet-ing vessel must alter course to avoid eachother.MeetingIf you are meeting another power vesselhead on, and are close enough to run therisk of collision, neither of you has the right-of-way! Both of you should alter course toavoid an accident. You should keep theother vessel on your port (left) side. Thisrule doesn’t apply if both of you will clearone another if you continue on your setcourse and speed.CrossingWhen two power driven vessels are crossingeach other’s path close enough to run therisk of collision, the vessel which has theother on the starboard (right) side must keepout of the way of the other. If the other ves-sel is on your right, you must keep out of itsway; you are the Give-Way vessel. If theother vessel is on your port (left) side,remember that you should maintain courseand direction, provided the other vesselgives you the right-of-way as it should.OvertakingIf you are passing another vessel, you arethe “Give-Way” vessel. This means that the