Two Minute Boating Quickie - Rules Of The Road

A brief look at boating 'Rules If The Road' & who has right of way when passing another vessel.

Captured & uploaded remotely, via YouTube capture

Filmed July, 2014.

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[johnkettles]

If you hit me on the Port, I'll see you in court. Another way to remember.

[DaCoach]

I appreciate the guidance. I enjoyed the kicking up the extra wake for the other boat as punishment.

[Mrtt]

You made this simple, Thank You!
I just passed my boating test, and your explanation clarified the right of way for me, so now I will remember!
Captain Carpman

[jeeremiahjr]

you say it in 3 minutests but i sat in a boating class from 7 am to 9 pm just because keep the vids rolling i love them

[renehasp]

Excelent tip, I never remembered who is the stand on vessel is so I always alter course. However, your tip perfect and now I'll remember.

[jackieallgayer]

Love your attitude! Thanks for the tip! I’m a new boater making sure I’m up on the etiquette. :)

[timber]

thanks for the information. I just bought a boat last week and you explained it very well. I wasn't too sure how that worked. I will be doing the course before I take it out.

[allenhorning]

people like that are everywhere on the water, i do not wait, i just make the obvious heading change and continue enoyng my day. you may be right and the rules on your side but why wait til the last moments before collsion.

[kingstoncowboy]

No more PORT left …that how I remember it

[BoatingWithBoogaboo]

Two Minute Boating Quickie - Rules Of The Road

[bosun]

The rule on this is if in adopt change course the stand on vessel should have the right of way but when in adopt alter course. To many weekend sailors don't follow the rules regardless of right of way. I have seen small boats run over because the bigger vessel thought they had the right because the were bigger. As rediculious as it sounds. As sail boats have the windward under sail motor boats just don't understand the rules or don't care. Good video senserly. Informative and correct. Glad to see this channel gives me refreshment information and maybe to thoughs weekend sailors understanding.

[mzahra]

As I understand it (roughly), for buoys specifically, red/green buoy on your port/starboard side depends on going upstream or downstream? But for boat right of way, the boat on the right has the right of way, regardless of direction of travel? Thank you!

[freddiepoman]

He forgot to mention the fact that when driving in restricted visibility and or at night, one blast from a sound signaling device indicates that a boat is passing you on your port side, and two blasts for starboard. The rules of the water also state that if the give way vessel refuses to give way, then the roles MUST be reversed. This is the law. I've been driving boats for over 15 years, and know for a fact that very few people actually know their ass from page 1 when it comes to boating safety. Why are the boating accidents increasing in Canada and the US if more people are obtaining their boating license? Makes perfect sense. We must come to the realization that a boating safety course is nothing without a practical component that will allow you to gain experience. I've been boating since I was 8 years old, and had some prior experience before obtaining my license.


As a side note, as you're probably aware, lake simcoe is a very dirty lake with tons of development. There are high buildings next to the lake, making it ugly as hell. It has been cottaged out since the 1960s along with muskoka. Any lakes that are too close to Tornoto risk being dominated by too many people. People are driving farther north to find nicer, less populated areas. I can recommend you WAY nicer and more secluded places, such as manitoulin island in Georgian bay. My buddy has a cottage there; he has had it for a long time. Very few people.

[richgran]

Justice served in the form of a large wake ;)

[striker]

I was thinking of literally taping a print out of "red/green" on my dash but this makes sense. Left=4 letters, Port=4, Red=3.... and Right=5, Starboard=9, Green=5. I won't forget now and I won't be that "other guy". Thanks for the video.

[johnbspringer]

I read somewhere that Nobody has the right of way unless Rule 9 is in effect (Underway in Narrow Channel). That seems odd to me but perhaps that was his thinking. That said, in the United States, the Inland Navigation Rules (Inland Rule 9(a)(ii) do convey a right-of-way in a unique circumstance: to power-driven vessels proceeding downbound with a following current in narrow channels or fairways of the Great Lakes, Western Rivers, or other waters specified by regulation (33 CFR 89.25). Not arguing your point, just pointing out how different rules can be conflated to create "right of way" beliefs. All the more reason to mandate "Drivers License testing" for boats.

[Brettski]

That guy who did that to you needs to watch this video! I hate when people do that! It's so simple, but yet complicated for some! Hahaha

[justinculp]

I have a 14 foot aluminum with a 25 hp would you recomend me taking the whole whole trent severn waterway tour? or does it get rough? and is there areas to just beach the boat and camp along the way?

[Punxsyjumper]

Good info and easily understood. Is there a CB channel that everybody monitors? Not sure if a hail before hand would have been used but I would have been calling the SOB afterwards, hehe. Keep 'em coming and stay sharp.

[thefishfin-atic]

so an easy way to think of it is, if you see his green light, you're good to keep going, like a car at an intersection, and he sees your red, so he needs to stop, or diverge. I never though of it like that!