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Signals for Vessels in Sight of One Another

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 January 2010

D. A. Rodger
D. A. Rodger
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(Second Officer, P. & O.)
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I Have been following the articles on this subject in the Journal 1 with some interest and hope that the personal views of one comparatively junior officer may be of some interest.

It is implicit in all these articles that, except in the close-quarter situation which the Rules are surely designed to prevent, the sound signals are unsatisfactory. What is not stated in so many words is that, international conferences notwithstanding, Rule 28 (a) is more observed in the breach than otherwise. I cannot of course be sure, but I suspect that this has been so since electric navigation lights superseded oil in general use, thus increasing the recognition range and allowing avoiding action to be taken at greater distances. There is also the natural human, if not legally commendable, desire to let sleeping captains lie.

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The Journal of Navigation , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 1968 , pp. 85 - 86
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Navigation 1968

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