Red over Red - Not Under Command (NUC) Lights

[Jim Cate]

Originally Posted by jackdale

Interesting portion of an article.



http://www.atlanticmaritimeacademy.c...12-colreg5.pdf

Right, Jack, they apportioned equal blame... but the monetary judgement was against the ship and in favor of the yacht, DESPITE his failure to stand watch.

There seems to be a mixed message here.

In the case of approaching a vessel showing only an anchor light -- when they look for a side light and don't see one, they must assume that it is a stern light, and thus need to keep clear as an overtaking vessel. Not how it is supposed to work, but this should avoid the collision.

Cheers,

Jim