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The Hazards of Close Overtaking
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 November 2009
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Rule 13 of the Collision Regulations reads as follows:
Overtaking:
(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Rules of this Section any vessel overtaking any other shall keep out of the way of the vessel being overtaken.
(b) A vessel shall be deemed to be overtaking when coming up with another vessel from a direction more than 22·5 degrees abaft her beam, that is, in such a position with reference to the vessel she is overtaking, that at night she would be able to see only the sternlight of that vessel but neither of her sidelights.
(c) When a vessel is in any doubt as to whether she is overtaking another, she shall assume that this is the case and act accordingly.
(d) Any subsequent alteration of the bearing between the two vessels shall not make the overtaking vessel a crossing vessel within the meaning of these Rules or relieve her of the duty of keeping clear of the overtaken vessel until she is finally past and clear.
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References
1 See Curtis, R. G. ‘An analysis of the dangers of ships overtaking’. Proceedings, Conference in Mathematical Aspects of Marine Traffic (1979)Google Scholar, Academic Press; and Cahill, R. A., ‘The avoidance of close quarters in clear weather’, this Journal, January 1982Google Scholar.
2 Griffin, J. W., The American Law of Collision (1949), p. 172Google Scholar.
3 Ibid. p. 172.
4 American Maritime Cases (1928), p. 1815.Google Scholar
6 Griffin, ibid. p. 77.
6 Ibid. p. 180.
7 Ibid. p. 174.