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    The document discusses rules for vessel conduct in restricted visibility, including proceeding at a safe speed with engines ready and assessing risk of collision. It specifies actions to take like avoiding altering course to port for a vessel forward of the beam and toward any vessel abeam or aft the beam.

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    The document discusses rules for vessel conduct in restricted visibility, including proceeding at a safe speed with engines ready and assessing risk of collision. It specifies actions to take like avoiding altering course to port for a vessel forward of the beam and toward any vessel abeam or aft the beam.

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    Colregs - Rule 19

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    The document discusses rules for vessel conduct in restricted visibility, including proceeding at a safe speed with engines ready and assessing risk of collision. It specifies actions to take like avoiding altering course to port for a vessel forward of the beam and toward any vessel abeam or aft the beam.

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    COLREGS

    RULE 19: CONDUCT OF VESSELS IN RESTRICTED VISIBILITY


    (a) This Rule applies to vessels not in sight of one
    another when navigating in or near an area of RESTRICTED VISIBILITY
    restricted visibility.
    (b) Every vessel shall proceed at a safe speed adapted CHANGES EVERYTHING
    to the prevailing circumstances and conditions of
    restricted visibility. A power-driven vessel shall have Different rules apply in restricted visibility. Restricted
    her engines ready for immediate manoeuvre. visibility includes fog, mist, snow, heavy rain and
    (c) Every vessel shall have due regard to the prevailing sandstorms – any situation where you cannot see the
    circumstances and conditions of restricted visibility other ship or its navigation lights.
    when complying with the Rules of Section I of this There are no ‘stand-on’ or ‘give-way’ vessels in
    Part. restricted visibility. Every vessel must take action and
    (d) A vessel which detects by radar alone the presence every vessel must proceed at a safe speed with its
    of another vessel shall determine if a close-quarters engines ready for immediate manoeuvre.
    situation is developing and/or risk of collision exists. If You must assess if your ship is getting close to
    so, she shall take avoiding action in ample time, another ship and/or if there is a risk of collision. In
    provided that when such action consists of both cases, you should:
    analteration of course, so far as possible the following Avoid altering to port for a vessel forward of the
    shall be avoided: beam, except for a vessel you are overtaking (Rule
    1. An alteration of course to port for a vessel forward 19(d)(i)).
    of the beam, other than fora vessel being Avoid altering towards any ship abeam or abaft
    overtaken; the beam (Rule 19(d)(ii)).
    2. An alteration of course towards a vessel abeam or You should also remember Rule 7 on the risk of
    abaft the beam. collision – there is a risk of collision if you are in any
    doubt. And remember Rule 5 on the lookout – you
    (e) Except where it has been determined that a risk of
    must always maintain a proper lookout by sight and
    collision does not exist, every vessel which hears
    hearing.
    apparently forward of her beam the fog signal of
    another vessel, or which cannot avoid a close-quarters
    situation with another vessel forward of her beam, SUMMARY
    shall reduce her speed to the minimum at which she Always be prepared to give way to ships you
    can be kept on her course. She shall if necessary take cannot see.
    all her way off and in any event navigate with extreme
    caution until danger of collision is over.

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