IRPCS Navigation - The RYA Day Skipper Course

City Sailing Rules of the Road Navigation Lights tutorial.
Learn about lights and shapes for your Royal Yachting Association RYA Day Skipper Course. We guide you through the rules of the road in our tutorial.
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[@danielboughton3624]

good overview of the basics. The one that is drilled into my head more than any other is that when you are in a channel e.g. the middle of the Puget sound, the freighters have the right of way. If you are in the way they can't really stop or swerve and bad things are going to happen.

[@edwardoreilly4141]

Very well done, the presentation was delivered in a clear manor

[@SailingVirgins]

Nice work guys! Very clearly presented. We're doing research on a similar (albeit abbreviated) episode, and this one stood out.

[@CitySailing]

Thanks, I am glad you enjoyed it, they are laid out in a logical order on our web site www.citysailing.com and use the video tab.

[@SuperCatbert]

Thanks. Doing my colregs exam tomorrow and this is really helping

[@YOULOOTWESHOOT101]

Did you pass ?

[@rimes3719]

Thank you sir

[@Tittytotter]

New to sailing, if I have a tricolour masthead light ONLY what do I use when motoring at night?

[@CitySailing]

You will need to fit the correct lights, you can cheaply buy emergency lights to get on.

[@MichaelBennett-up1pf]

Incorrect information at 5.50 minutes . Showing a vessel under SAIL from th front, port and star board lights correct, but also showing a steaming light.? Which indicates a vessel UNDER POWER. This particularly bad when the previous instructions correctly insisted that a SAIL boat engine driven is classed as a vessel UNDER POWER.
So at 5.50 showing a steaming light must therefore be a VESSEL UNDER POWER from the front.

[@CitySailing]

You are correct the writing on the bottom writing is wrong but the voice over is correct, I have edited it with you tube, thanks for pointing this out it is most helpful.

[@SamHorseherd2209]

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[@Trump985]

To bad you left out the the most important ones towing, fishing, restricticed in ability to maneuver, not under command, pilot, dredge, towing knowing if your dealing with a tugboat towing barges and what the configuration of the tow is is kind of important as is all the light configurations I’ve had people steam over my wire before if you see 2 or more radar targets on the same course and speed maintaining the same distance chances are it’s a tow and we have to run 1000ft plus of wire to maintain our cantanary offshore or in anything more then a few ft seas please maintain a watch on VHF ch 13 and don’t hesitate to call us if you have any questions a quick radio call can save your life don’t be afraid to call any commercial vessels If you don’t have AIS and you don’t know the name of a vessel call us as the tug x miles or feet off x point if you talk to us we can make passing arrangements ahead of time let’s all be safe and communicate especially in low visibility conditions sorry for the speech had a close call today with a recreational

[@CitySailing]

Thanks, this covers the Day Skipper, I will cover all the others in detail, you are correct, I have not some it yet as we are sailing but it will come. Thanks for your comments. Paul