The problem with this under the COLREGS is literally all of it
PLA Navy Type 052DL "Guilin" and China Coast Guard's Type 056 corvette "3104" collide as they harass Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Suluan 10.5 nautical miles east of Panatag Shoal.
Tape made from forward of the funnel of BRP Suluan, giving indication how close the CCG vessel was chasing.
Tape made from forward of the funnel of BRP Suluan, giving indication how close the CCG vessel was chasing.
August 11, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The problem with this under the COLREGS is literally all of it
2/x NOWHERE, and I really mean NOWHERE, do the COLREGs talk about small boats having to give way to large vessels. The give-way hierarchy in Article 18 of the COLREGs is based on manoeuvrability and activity, not tonnage or length
September 21, 2026 at 9:56 AM
2/x NOWHERE, and I really mean NOWHERE, do the COLREGs talk about small boats having to give way to large vessels. The give-way hierarchy in Article 18 of the COLREGs is based on manoeuvrability and activity, not tonnage or length
Whilst behind us excited children happily got to demonstrate why the fucking COLREGS are a thing. Haven't got the sense of an Italian cruise ship captain, this lot.
July 26, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Whilst behind us excited children happily got to demonstrate why the fucking COLREGS are a thing. Haven't got the sense of an Italian cruise ship captain, this lot.
All I'm saying about this video is that the COLREGs are surprisingly quiet on the subject of motorbikes. Not your usual marine hazard, for sure.
March 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
All I'm saying about this video is that the COLREGs are surprisingly quiet on the subject of motorbikes. Not your usual marine hazard, for sure.
This video is quite something.
(And to sum up Bart's analysis, the COLREGS very much start tapping their feet and saying they don't care WHO started it by the point it gets to this dangerous nonsense)
(And to sum up Bart's analysis, the COLREGS very much start tapping their feet and saying they don't care WHO started it by the point it gets to this dangerous nonsense)
1/x You've probably seen this video in the news. I want to talk about the whole "She's a small boat; she should have given way to the large vessel" fantasy
September 21, 2026 at 10:13 AM
This video is quite something.
(And to sum up Bart's analysis, the COLREGS very much start tapping their feet and saying they don't care WHO started it by the point it gets to this dangerous nonsense)
(And to sum up Bart's analysis, the COLREGS very much start tapping their feet and saying they don't care WHO started it by the point it gets to this dangerous nonsense)
(2) SOLAS Convention & COLREGs: Vessels maneuvering closely around rescue craft or small craft in distress, pursuing or harassing search and rescue (SAR) vessels, violates basic collision avoidance obligations.
September 22, 2026 at 8:00 PM
(2) SOLAS Convention & COLREGs: Vessels maneuvering closely around rescue craft or small craft in distress, pursuing or harassing search and rescue (SAR) vessels, violates basic collision avoidance obligations.
24/ "The tanker captain, seeing the inevitability of a collision with the small missile ship, gave the command “Stop the engine” and, in violation of the requirements of the COLREGs-72, “rudder to port.”
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
24/ "The tanker captain, seeing the inevitability of a collision with the small missile ship, gave the command “Stop the engine” and, in violation of the requirements of the COLREGs-72, “rudder to port.”
Anatomy of a Collision: How a Massive Bulk Carrier Collided with a Fishing Boat in Singapore
🚢Incident Overview
🚢Navigation & Traffic Density
🚢COLREGs & Rules of the Road
🚢VTS & Communications
🚢Key Lessons
Video: youtu.be/zjKMOz-_URM
🚢Incident Overview
🚢Navigation & Traffic Density
🚢COLREGs & Rules of the Road
🚢VTS & Communications
🚢Key Lessons
Video: youtu.be/zjKMOz-_URM
September 22, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Anatomy of a Collision: How a Massive Bulk Carrier Collided with a Fishing Boat in Singapore
🚢Incident Overview
🚢Navigation & Traffic Density
🚢COLREGs & Rules of the Road
🚢VTS & Communications
🚢Key Lessons
Video: youtu.be/zjKMOz-_URM
🚢Incident Overview
🚢Navigation & Traffic Density
🚢COLREGs & Rules of the Road
🚢VTS & Communications
🚢Key Lessons
Video: youtu.be/zjKMOz-_URM
23/ "To avoid a collision, the assistant ordered the helmsman to "rudder right 35 degrees," but, in violation of the requirements of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs), did not order the vessel to slow down or stop.
October 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
23/ "To avoid a collision, the assistant ordered the helmsman to "rudder right 35 degrees," but, in violation of the requirements of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs), did not order the vessel to slow down or stop.
Ahh, the joys of getting a robot to understand maritime COLREGS.
March 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Ahh, the joys of getting a robot to understand maritime COLREGS.
Somebody has parked an oil tanker outside my tent showing a flashing red light, which if I remember my COLREGs correctly means it's secretly an ekranoplan.
Or, y'know, carrying a dangerous cargo, but guess which one I'm hoping for?
Or, y'know, carrying a dangerous cargo, but guess which one I'm hoping for?
April 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Somebody has parked an oil tanker outside my tent showing a flashing red light, which if I remember my COLREGs correctly means it's secretly an ekranoplan.
Or, y'know, carrying a dangerous cargo, but guess which one I'm hoping for?
Or, y'know, carrying a dangerous cargo, but guess which one I'm hoping for?
Popularly known as the "safe water mark", this means there's no longer anything to crash into.
Mostly.
Mostly.
July 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Popularly known as the "safe water mark", this means there's no longer anything to crash into.
Mostly.
Mostly.
And for those who were wondering, gunfire does pop up in the COLREGS as a valid signal of distress. One gun every minute or so.
Oddly though it doesn't suggest firing it in the direction of the nearest yacht as a means of feeling better about your situation.
Oddly though it doesn't suggest firing it in the direction of the nearest yacht as a means of feeling better about your situation.
June 17, 2026 at 7:16 AM
And for those who were wondering, gunfire does pop up in the COLREGS as a valid signal of distress. One gun every minute or so.
Oddly though it doesn't suggest firing it in the direction of the nearest yacht as a means of feeling better about your situation.
Oddly though it doesn't suggest firing it in the direction of the nearest yacht as a means of feeling better about your situation.
Show me where the COLREGS says you can't.
July 16, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Show me where the COLREGS says you can't.
Be careful of ColRegs based assumptions with hulls that colour.
October 22, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Be careful of ColRegs based assumptions with hulls that colour.
COLREGs are always a matter of debate. Though technically obliged to give way in my local waters large vessels usually does not give a flying f about a sailboat.
Other places are different and i believe in the Channel usually large boats make small course adjustment. Pls correct if not.
Other places are different and i believe in the Channel usually large boats make small course adjustment. Pls correct if not.
June 16, 2026 at 10:53 PM
COLREGs are always a matter of debate. Though technically obliged to give way in my local waters large vessels usually does not give a flying f about a sailboat.
Other places are different and i believe in the Channel usually large boats make small course adjustment. Pls correct if not.
Other places are different and i believe in the Channel usually large boats make small course adjustment. Pls correct if not.
In December 2002 the car carrier Tricolor and container ship Kariba deviated from safely transiting the English Channel in favour of a practical demonstration of the COLREGs.
Unfortunately they majored in the COL and had precious little application of any REGs. 50% is a pass though, right?
Unfortunately they majored in the COL and had precious little application of any REGs. 50% is a pass though, right?
December 23, 2024 at 10:03 PM
In December 2002 the car carrier Tricolor and container ship Kariba deviated from safely transiting the English Channel in favour of a practical demonstration of the COLREGs.
Unfortunately they majored in the COL and had precious little application of any REGs. 50% is a pass though, right?
Unfortunately they majored in the COL and had precious little application of any REGs. 50% is a pass though, right?
Waving your arms is literally a distress signal iaw COLREGS.
WELKER: Isn't it possible that even the act of taking off a t shirt could've been part of an attempt to get attention for help?
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
TOM COTTON: Or it could've been an attempt to signal to another cartel boat to come pick them up and pick up the cargo
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Waving your arms is literally a distress signal iaw COLREGS.
And just in case Cher is following along, yes, YOU CAN TURN BACK TIME. Here we are practicing our COLREGs lighting.
See those two red lights? That's how boats say "lads, I've fucked it"...
See those two red lights? That's how boats say "lads, I've fucked it"...
May 23, 2025 at 7:09 AM
And just in case Cher is following along, yes, YOU CAN TURN BACK TIME. Here we are practicing our COLREGs lighting.
See those two red lights? That's how boats say "lads, I've fucked it"...
See those two red lights? That's how boats say "lads, I've fucked it"...
As an aside, there's been a lot of discussion about the Russian vessel being either Not Under Control or, as per the MOD, "drifting". Neither preclude it from observing the COLREGS, but the former would definitely change the status of who is the stand on vessel.
June 17, 2026 at 10:33 AM
As an aside, there's been a lot of discussion about the Russian vessel being either Not Under Control or, as per the MOD, "drifting". Neither preclude it from observing the COLREGS, but the former would definitely change the status of who is the stand on vessel.
Video starts FAR too late in the process to know what led to this, but as for arguing about the COLREGs I'm 100% certain the crane was the stand-on vessel here
Did you see this one? Watched enough of these to know that I’d have legged it away from the crane far quicker than this camera guy did. Much fighting over the COLREGS in the comments
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May 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Video starts FAR too late in the process to know what led to this, but as for arguing about the COLREGs I'm 100% certain the crane was the stand-on vessel here
And to judge by the last AIS data it seems likely the uncrewed surface vessel is is in fact now an uncrewed subsurface vessel - aka "a wreck".
It's certainly not transmitted a position since its impromptu investigation into the wilder edges of the COLREGs:
It's certainly not transmitted a position since its impromptu investigation into the wilder edges of the COLREGs:
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
And to judge by the last AIS data it seems likely the uncrewed surface vessel is is in fact now an uncrewed subsurface vessel - aka "a wreck".
It's certainly not transmitted a position since its impromptu investigation into the wilder edges of the COLREGs:
It's certainly not transmitted a position since its impromptu investigation into the wilder edges of the COLREGs:
They'd changed course to avoid us earlier in the day so clearly my reputation precedes me...
(Oh all right, COLREGs insisted they should)
(Oh all right, COLREGs insisted they should)
October 22, 2024 at 10:27 AM
They'd changed course to avoid us earlier in the day so clearly my reputation precedes me...
(Oh all right, COLREGs insisted they should)
(Oh all right, COLREGs insisted they should)
And then the tanker Vicky, carrying 70,000 tons of flammability, surprised everybody by ignoring everything and smacking into temporarily the most famous hazard to navigation in the entire Western hemisphere.
For the avoidance of doubt, this is also not permitted by the COLREGs.
For the avoidance of doubt, this is also not permitted by the COLREGs.
December 23, 2024 at 10:35 PM
And then the tanker Vicky, carrying 70,000 tons of flammability, surprised everybody by ignoring everything and smacking into temporarily the most famous hazard to navigation in the entire Western hemisphere.
For the avoidance of doubt, this is also not permitted by the COLREGs.
For the avoidance of doubt, this is also not permitted by the COLREGs.