All things COLREGS

[monte]

Exactly what goatboatingnow said. Why try Change the specific wording to make sense of the situation in your own head? All it does is confuse other uninformed mariners. If you are explaining a crossing situation to a new crew member always use the terms stand on and give way. It helps clarify your obligations for a particular crossing with a particular vessel and also clearly defines that the COLREGS are not the sea version of the rules of the road. Also I would have dismally failed my coxswains certificate if I didn't know the COLREGS verbatim so why not learn and teach the right way from the beginning.
Fortunately a lot of people on this forum use the COLREGS in their daily life, ships masters, RYA instructors and other professional seamen. These guys are great contributors to CF in clarifying anything that might be hard to understand for others with less training and experience, so if that's you, please read their posts and disregard anything else that is outside the box..
You will also notice the ALL agree when it comes to COLREGS, including the point that there are
Stand on vessels
Give way vessels
No right of way vessels...