Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Regulations for preventing collisions at sea : Rule 14 : Head-on situation

REGULATIONS  FOR  PREVENTING

COLLISIONS  AT  SEA

Applicable internationally as from 1^st September 1965

Rule  14

Head-on situation

(a)  When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal

or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision

each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass

on the port side of the other.

(b)   Such a situation shall be deemed to exist when a vessel sees

the other ahead or nearly ahead and by night she could see the

masthead lights of the other in a line or nearly in a line and/or

both sidelights and by day she observes the corresponding aspect

of the other vessel.

(c)   When a vessel is in any doubt as to whether such a situation

exists she shall assume that it does exist and act accordingly.