To prevent a traffic jam on the boat ramp while retrieving your vessel, prepare your boat and gear before reaching the ramp to minimize delays. Have a designated spot for loading and unloading equipment away from the ramp area. Ensure that you follow proper etiquette by allowing others to launch or retrieve their vessels efficiently and make sure to communicate with your crew to streamline the process. Lastly, choose less busy times for launching or retrieving to avoid peak congestion.
When there is no traffic ahead
When there is no traffic ahead.
You should keep fresh air flowing through the vessel.
You should keep fresh air flowing through the vessel.
You should keep fresh air flowing through the vessel.
In a crossing situation, the vessel that is on a collision course with another vessel is required to give way. The stand-on vessel, which is not required to take evasive action, should maintain its course and speed. This protocol is established to prevent collisions and ensure safe navigation. However, the stand-on vessel should still be prepared to take action if it becomes apparent that a collision cannot be avoided.
Sea, weather and visibility conditions.
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wash boat and trailer at the ramp after retrieving it
Steer into the wind.
The vessel that is overtaking another vessel is the vessel that should give way. This means that the vessel that is being overtaken can remain on course.
If you are operating a motorboat and your motorboat is being overtaken by a sailboat, you should maintain present course and speed. The vessel that is overtaking another vessel is the give-way vessel, regardless of whether it is a sailing vessel or a power-driven vessel. The vessel being overtaken is always the stand-on vessel.