COLREGS

• These Rules shall apply to all vessels upon the high seas and in all waters connected therewith navigable by seagoing vessels.

  Rule 1 General Application
• 1. Nothing in these Rules shall exonerate any vessel, or the owner, master or crew thereof, from the consequences of any neglect to comply with these Rules or of the neglect of any precaution which may be required by the ordinary practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case.

  Rule 2 Responsibility
• Rules in this Section apply in any condition of

  Visibility
• Rules in this Section apply to vessels in sight of one another.

  Rule 11 Application Conduct of vessel in sight to one another
• When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to involve risk of collision

  Rule 12 Sailing Vessels
• According to rule 12 sailing vessel, when each has the wind on a different side, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall

  Keep out of the way of the other
• According to Rule 12 Sailing vessels, when both have the wind on the same side, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to

  Leeward
• if a vessel with the wind on the port side sees a vessel to windward and cannot determine with certainty whether the other vessel has the wind on the port or on the starboard side, she shall keep out of the way of the other