Score two points per correct answer for questions 1-5
1. A vessel is “not under command” when it is unable to manoeuvre due to some exceptional circumstance (such as machinery failure). A vessel is “restricted in ability to manoeuvre” when it is unable to manoeuvre due to the work it is performing at the time (such as dredging, surveying, or refuelling at sea)
2. “Under way” means not attached to the sea bed or any fixed structure. “Making way” means moving through the water.
3. “Right of way” is not defined in the official text of the collision regulations. The term “stand on vessel” is quite different.
4. An “overtaking vessel” is one that is approaching another vessel from a direction more than 22.5° abaft the beam of the vessel that is being overtaken (i.e. from within the arc covered by the stern light of the vessel being overtaken.
5. In the first instance, the local magistrate’s court.
6. The call of nature
Three points for “there was no-one in the wheelhouse”
Two more points for “the entire crew was in the mess-room, eating a meal”
Two bonus points if you guessed (or knew) that the skipper of the fishing vessel had incorrectly switched on his not under command lights in the belief that they would keep ships away
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