Yamaha VX150A Owner's Manual

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E1-7RULES WHEN ENCOUNTERINGVESSELSThere are three main situations which youmay encounter with other vessels whichcould lead to a collision unless theSteering Rules are followed:Meeting(you are approaching another vesselhead-on)Crossing(you are traveling across the othervessel’s path)Overtaking(you are passing or being passed byanother vessel)In the following illustration, your boat isin the center. You should give the right-of-way to any vessels shown in white area(you are the Give-Way vessel). Any ves-sels in the shaded area must yield to you(they are the Give-Way vessels). Both youand the meeting vessel must alter courseto avoid each other.MeetingIf you are meeting another power vesselhead on, and are close enough to run therisk of collision, neither of you has theright-of-way! Both of you should altercourse to avoid an accident. You shouldkeep the other vessel on your port (left)102045side. This rule doesn’t apply if both of youwill clear one another if you continue onyour set course and speed.CrossingWhen two power driven vessels arecrossing each other’s path close enoughto run the risk of collision, the vesselwhich has the other on the starboard(right) side must keep out of the way ofthe other. If the other vessel is on yourright, you must keep out of its way; youare the Give-Way vessel. If the other ves-sel is on your port (left) side, rememberthat you should maintain course anddirection, provided the other vessel givesyou the right-of-way as it should.OvertakingIf you are passing another vessel, you arethe “Give-Way” vessel. This means thatthe other vessel is expected to maintainits course and speed. You must stay out102046102044