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@1:00 isn't the second masthead light supposed to be abaft and higher than the forward masthead light? This picture shows that the second masthead light is lower than the first. Please kindly clarify. Thank you.
Richard, thank you for your comment.I'll try and explain. This covers the situation when vessels are not at anchor, moored up or aground !!! Vessels that are restricted in ability to manoeuvre, trawling, fishing, or not under command, can either be Underway or Making Way. If they are Underway then these vessels are essential drifting, and if the are Making Way then their engines are on and they are moving through the water It is not uncommon for these types of vessels to be stationary in the water due to the nature of the work they will be doing. At night they display different lights so that we can determine if they are either Underway or Making way. If they are not displaying their navigation lights then they are Underway. If they are displaying their navigation lights then they are Making Way. Other vessels, e.g power vessel, yachts, vessels constrained by draught, always have to display their navigation lights at night, and are deemed to be Underway when doing so. IE They do not have an option to choose between Underway and Making Way. They are Underway (although in the majority of cases they will be probably be Making Way !!!). While the rules don't allow for these vessels to make a distinction, they are far less likely to be drifting and therefore less likely to need to do so.
@@LeithNauticalSailingAcademy thanks, so... Only 4 vessels are deamed to be Making Way. Restricted ability to manoeuvre, fishing, trawling and not under command : but only when Nav lights are on. Otherwise a vessel is underway. (Unless it's at anchor or aground)
@@RichardBrocklesby101 Yes, and only at night. During the day there is no requirement for these types of vessels to distinguish between being Underway and Making Way. In conditions of restrictied visibilty a motor powered vessel is required to make a different sound signal depending if they are either i) Making Way, or ii) Underway but not Making Way: ie they are stopped)
Thank you for you very useflu comment. I will be this in mind when we make future videos. In the meantime you can adjust the play back speed on RU-vid.
