Navigation Rules - Regal 3300 Owner's Manual

CHAPTER 2

NAVIGATION RULES

Operation
• Cross waves at right angles.
• When caught in heavy water or squalls, head either directly into the
waves or at a slight angle. Reduce speed, but maintain enough power
to maneuver your boat safely.
• Keep your speed under control. Respect the rights of other boaters
engaged in all water sports. Give them a "wide berth".
• Remember the unwritten "rule of tonnage". Basically a smaller
tonnage vessel should take every effort to avoid close quarters
with a larger tonnage vessel. One way to accomplish this is to
have a designated human lookout to "eyeball" the horizon for any
developing collision course.
• Use defensive driving skills on the waterway just as you do on the
roadway. The other vessel may not know the "rules of the road" Be
alert and ready to take immediate action.
Right of Way
1. Whenever meeting a boat head on, keep to the right where possible.
2. When two boats cross, the boat to the right (starboard) has the
right of way.
3. When overtaking or passing, the boat being passed has the right
of way.
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