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RULE 18
RESPONSIBILITIES BETWEEN VESSELS
Except where Rules 9, 10, and 13 otherwise require:
(a)
A power-driven
vessel underway
shall keep out of the way of:
- a vessel not
under command;
- a vessel restricted
in her ability to maneuver;
- a vessel engaged in fishing;
- a sailing vessel.
(b)
A sailing
vessel underway shall keep out of the way of:
- a vessel not under command;
- a vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver;
- a vessel engaged in fishing.
(c)
A vessel engaged
in fishing when underway shall, so far as possible, keep out
of the way of:
- a vessel not under command;
- a vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver.
(d)
- Any vessel other than a vessel not under command or a vessel
restricted in her ability to maneuver shall, if the circumstances
of the case admit, avoid impeding the safe passage of a vessel
constrained
by her draft, exhibiting the signals in Rule 28.
- A vessel constrained by her draft shall navigate with particular
caution having full regard to her special condition. [Intl]
(e/d)
A seaplane
on the water shall, in general, keep well clear of all vessels and
avoid impeding their navigation. In circumstances, however, where
risk of collision exists, she shall comply with the Rules of this
Part.
(f)
(i) A WIG craft shall,
when taking off, landing and in flight near the surface, keep well
clear of all other vessels and avoid impeding their navigation;
(ii) a WIG craft operating
on the water surface shall comply with the Rules of this Part as
a power-driven vessel. [Intl]
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