What Boat has the Right of Way? Learn the Rules of the Road

[@RaymondWoodward-ps6tw]

I'm 68 yrs old, grew up in a harbor town, spent most of my life in/around boats & water, including sailboats. (Never commercially) These ladies do a fabulous job of "putting the cookies on the lower shelf" -- skipping unnecessary lingo, mumbo, & jumbo. Not to mention, they have very neatly compartmentalized all these topics. I wish everybody was required to watch their videos before piloting anything bigger than an inner tube.

[@GaleForceTwins]

That is such a nice compliment!! Thank you very much 😊

[@RaymondWoodward-ps6tw]

@@GaleForceTwins Oh, it's sincere, and I gain a lot from your presentations. (Older isn't necessarily better.) Carry on...please!

[@teamrock1]

Very helpful for us new boaters! 🙏🏼

[@gypsybelle637]

I really admire yawll. I'm an older woman, learning to navigate for the first time. I hope I will get more comfortable soon.😳😁👍🏼I really learn allot from yawll. Thank you.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@georgetuider654]

Just got a new boat this week. After being boatless for three years, I needed a refresher on the rules of the road. Thanks.

[@dennispilotte7286]

I agree, most boaters don’t know or don’t follow the water rules. I’ve had personal experiences that support exactly what you said. Great KZbin video!

[@eugenebatiste]

Great video. Here in the Chesapeake Bay we have A LOT of military and Government patrol vessels and ships. We have to consider using horns/bells/sirens in waterway engagements. This also lets the boater know if the approaching helm is manned or unmanned which will clearly inform the captain of who is the "giveaway vessel". There's nothing like getting the ship's horn form an aircraft carrier, and the warning PA to take you off your fishing spot. LOL.

[@user-xb6kv6lb8e]

Thank you these video sets are fabulous and as Raymond points out beow , they cut to the chase. I watch these as refreshers!

[@winstonsmith4003]

I had a situation with a narrow bridge pass and another boat a was anchored and fishing, almost blocking the entire pass. I did not feel comfortable passing at other places in the bridge and idled by him, at a safe distance. He thought I was a (insert word of choice) by his reaction, but I thought he was being unsafe by anchoring in the middle of a narrow pass

[@clinty51]

Best piece of advice was right there in the bloopers...make sure you are watching the water...good lookout Capitan!!

[@osmos3]

Much more entertaining than reading the ColRegs! Nicely done!

[@MaDonnaTidwell]

The end was the best.

[@valkushnir2523]

I loved it ladies! I am still learning these boating rules, just got my Boater card here in California, thank you!

[@GaleForceTwins]

Our pleasure!

[@username-mc7jw]

Your videos are so good!!! Smooth and polished, packed with great information in a way that's easy to understand. The icing on the cake has to be the bloopers at the end, which give a picture (no pun intended) of how much WORK goes into these great videos. Thank you both for what you do! I've learned a lot through your videos.

[@GaleForceTwins]

Thanks so much! Thank you for watching 😊

[@MichaelBrown-oc7rr]

Thanks for this tutorial on learning the rules of the water

[@GMCRaptor]

Outtakes were very funny, love you girls always very informative 👍🇦🇺

[@josecruz3408]

I became your number one fan, I am new to boating and have learned a great deal from you. Thanks!

[@fishhunt9874]

Very good information for new boaters and those who are boating in new unfamiliar areas. You left out one of the hierarchy scenarios, vessels under tow. Could be a tug towing a barge or one vessel towing a disabled vessel. Also in the overtaking scenario. If you are going to overtake (pass move ahead of) another vessel especially at night you are required to sound 1 horn blast if you’re passing on their Starboard side. You must sound 2 horn blasts if you are passing on their port side🤙🏼 Really enjoy your channel, keep up the good work 🇺🇸

[@keithhumpherys8343]

You’re so twins. I know the feeling of explaining something together with my twin on a subject. Cute!

[@wilnoreugene1582]

Hey thank you for the information, I just completed my safety course in FLORIDA and I’m looking forward to getting on the water . Watching your channel a great help

[@racheltroutwine1999]

Currently taking the American Boating Club Rules of the Road class:) you girls are so informative, keep up the good work!

[@lifeafter5588]

I know you've done a video similar to this in the past, because as a relatively new boater, I learned a lot by watching it. This video had even more information and I really like the diagrams using the boats, and specifically talking about night and seeing the red/green lights. Thank you for all the information you give! Oh, and congrats on the wedding Amanda. You looked absolutely gorgeous!

[@CatarineausArmory]

Loved both the rules review and the bloopers. and the scenery in FL.

[@merlinbroaddus]

I LOVE you two!!! I am moving to Florida soon(from Colorado), and you teach me SOO much! I am hoping to buy and live on a boat!!!!

[@CampingChuck]

I enjoy the educational videos. You two are doing great!

[@jureplazonic7066]

Thanks for the content..it's a bit different in Croatia,the ferry's have the right of way as well

[@markscott8564]

Very informative. The bloopers were hilarious.

[@humbertodiaz9753]

Excellent! I also love the end. Its soooooo real. That's what I like about you two. Very funny. Keep the good work

[@pitar821]

One more thing about overtaking, and I don't know if this is the case in the US, but it's the rule in Europe - vessel being overtaken must maintain its speed and heading as it's being overtaken i.e it's forbidden from making sudden changes in speed and direction while being passed.

[@FJBANDHUNTER2024]

Wow! You two are so informative. I just subscribed and will definitely be watching the rest of your videos. Thank you.

[@cletustheweatherman6629]

Great video very helpful thank you

[@Vicious261]

Thanks for the video!

[@tommyc9237]

Great video, very helpful review and loved the outtakes.

[@stephenmaher2265]

I like these ladies. Plenty of good tips

[@COBALTGRUV]

Thanks, as always. Also, what do you do when dog needs to go to bathroom?

[@DavMuscy]

Very nice training video. I would suggest putting some links in the description to the USCG Nav rules of the road and to some stickers like BoatUS' Boat Handling Guide. I know that most non-commercial boaters don't use sound signal, but they are good to know when interacting with any commercial vessels. I love your videos, so please keep them coming. David

[@landosharks9669]

Brilliant job providing "anchor" knowledge on the rule for entering from a small body of water like an on ramp and yielding to the traffic on the bigger, faster path. I know how an on ramp works, so I can anchor this to my new knowledge of the water! Thank you for making it easy to remember! Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🥧

[@wdaub]

Question, when I'm passing a working boat/barge especially with divers in the water how far away from the boat/barge should I stay. Love your videos. We only take out a boat on Sundays, June thru September.

[@richardfs7814]

Great video. Appreciate the effort you two put into it. Just moved to Titusville last January with a 30-ft tri-toon. Even after reading the rules I finally sort of gave up and just went with the idea that everyone has the right of way over me. This video cleared up a lot and I thank you for making it. (I think I've watched every video y'all have ever made.)

[@OttoBiography]

I need a refresher on how to set an automatic course with the simrad. Would be nice to watch that before the 23rd of December when I go to Egmont Key 😎

[@thecableguy1128]

Great job explaining the rules. Unfortunately here in Louisiana I can tell you that 99.75 % of the people on the water should not have a boat. They drive around like a crazy person. I think they just don’t care about anyone but themselves. I took my boat out fishing 2 weeks ago and it was unbelievable how many people were slowing down and throwing a 3 foot wake to pass me while on anchor. I was rocking so hard I took on water over the side of my boat. I was pushed into the wall 3 times. Luckily I have an 18 ft aluminum flatboat and it won’t get as much damage as a fiberglass hull would. I seen some people driving through the other people’s fishing lines. Right over their corks. It really sucks how much it has changed in how people treat each others on the water.

[@danielcarmack2099]

Great content. Should you always go at "slow speed" when driving under a bridge>

[@r7boatguy]

Many are signed as No Wake 100' either side of the bridge. But I've seen 50+' boats on the ICW around Fort Lauderdale go plowing through the raised bridge with no regard to that or any other vessel!

[@montodi]

nice videos. suggestion: get a mic so we can hear you clearly over the ocean sounds

[@carltontweedle5724]

Being a small dingy sailor in the UK no motor, I have to tack to sail in the channel in America I would be dead. We have a speed limit on motor boats of 5 knots until half mile off shore. Being under sail I can excede that. Like you said current or out going tide.

[@richseahag4980]

I think the coast guard got the seaplane rule assbackwards. When landing a plane on water you’re kind of committed and can’t easily alter course. Very cool flying a seaplane.

[@HeavyProfessor]

Thank you

[@HVASEA]

So much knowledge that all boaters need to know... I love the bloopers...lol

[@rski1036]

Great example of, "out of kitchen out of bed, out of place."

[@fishead6384]

I very inexperienced with boating so at the big bridge do you have to pass through the center or could you pass through under any section especially in a smaller boat

[@molassescricket6663]

Great video guys! I really enjoy these types of videos, could you please, please do more? Perhaps buoys and channel markers? People talk a lot about swell, wind, up sea, down sea, etc., but I never see or hear anything that includes wind waves. I know that you’ve done a video about handling a boat in rough water, but you never mentioned tide or wind waves. I want you to know that I used that video as a guide for me this past year and, that I really, really appreciate it. Thank you both so much!

[@samuelhunter9410]

Great video! Are there governing bodies such as USCG or local LE that investigates collisions on the water and determines fault?

[@josiahwise6160]

I’d love to see a video about how to service these large center consoles. Regular maintenance that’s easy on a 23ft that can easily be trailered but might be more difficult on a 30ft+ boat that stays in a slip

[@bdphourde]

Hopefully, it is a review for the boaters watching, but it is good information for everyone on the water. At the end I saw the situation I have encountered several times going along the ICW. The situation is a head-on with a boat that is going to be overtaken by a third boat. I have a 7' draft on my sailboat and the ICW isn't always 10' all the way to the edges of the channel. I am definitely leery of moving all the way to my right side to make room for 3 large boats abeam. I went as far as I dared until the depth sounder showed swallowing. I called on VHF 16 and neither motor yacht captain responded on either call. The give-way requirement was on the overtaking vessel but have never had much luck with one that was not big enough to have a professional captain at the helm. I had two overtaking encounters with large motor yachts in the past in more rural areas of the ICW (but narrow channels) where they overtook at a high rate of speed and within maybe 70'. The pass left my boat rocking left and right to about 45º from the wake. I store things below when leaving the dock but not to the same degree as I do going offshore. It was a mess down below! That was a customized WW2 PT boat and they have really loud engines, and push quite a bow wave if not on a plane, especially when revved! I doubt he heard my calls on the radio but I also doubt if it would have had a different result. The second incident was a large motor yacht that was making a very large bow and wake wave also, and seemed to have no awareness of it. He was on his flybridge but didn't hear or choose to respond to my call afterward. Later when I stopped for the evening at a marina, I saw his boat docked in the marina, too. So I walked over to his slip and knocked on his hull. He eventually came out and when I explained why I was there, he acted indignant. I stayed civil and he eventually apologized. Fine, as long as he doesn't repeat himself as they most often do. Keep up your good work.

[@ricks5917]

love these boating/handling vids just as much as the fishing ones. Keep em coming. One question though, are there rules when entering/exiting inlets? watching haulover vids and most times seems like chaos!🤣....vessels of all sizes, some really flying by, some making u-turns, and not to mention the jetski zigzag factor. anyway great content! the outakes af the ends are always enjoyed!!!😁

[@nerdgarage]

haulover is a great example of nobody knows, and those few who might have no choice but to join the chaos and just do their best to (a) avoid hitting anyone else (b) avoid being hit

[@jake9705]

Video idea: How to handle medical emergencies at sea? For example, what if I take my friend and I out on my boat to go in-shore fishing all afternoon and I have a stroke, pass out onto the deck, and my fishing buddy has no idea how to operate a boat or radio? He better hope he has cell phone reception!

[@-shadyG]

Good video inland rules vs international COLREGs vs great lakes rules vs Russian rules.. lol Dont be afraid to use the radio when things get confusing!

[@Djm9393]

Bloody freaking legends 👏 full sending never lifting 😏 🤙 mobbin deep 🙌 knowledge is power

[@jesvans]

you didn't do the channel markers, this is where i need more advising.

[@tigeram100]

Great video girls…thanks

[@joncornwell8872]

LMAO at the bloopers. So I'm not the only one who forgets this stuff too. The other thing that always confuses me is when to toot your horn, and what they mean. I always get it mixed up.

[@amiabledave50]

You forgot to say when you are the Give-Way vessel overtaking (Stand-On). That the Give-Way vessel should give one blast of the horn overtaking to starboard. Two blasts overtaking to port. Stand-on vessel should acknowledge.

[@rjwintl]

excellent point

[@goaski474]

Unfortunately, there is no right of way on the water. I'd guess about 98% of boaters point and shoot, clueless of safety and proper basic navigation. Thanks for the video and for being part of the 2%!

[@simonk5571]

do Jetskis ever get right of way? Like if you are a boat and you see a Jetski coming on the starboard

[@3ricFritz]

CAPT 2:46-2:56, I would review right of way. Seaplanes giveaway to Powerboats, fishing and sailboats.

[@hamidhussain572]

Your method of teaching is excellent ❤

[@chunkyd5880]

When in doubt, the right of way always goes to the bigger boat.

[@scott5647]

Very clear and useful! Graphics/real situations blended perfectly!😀😀

[@michiganengineer8621]

A good rule of thumb I suspect is: The vessel with less maneuverability/power has RoW

[@runingblackbear]

They give you boating rules from the state your in try reading it

[@salizabeth1115]

Constrained by draft is not defined in US inland waters, but yea, generally speaking little guys stay away out of the big guys way. Tonnage rules.

[@dreed7312]

Great video. In practice I almost always give the other boat the right of way unless I'm sure it's safe to do otherwise. Assume they are not paying attention, don't know the rules, or are intellectually challenged.

[@hybridstoatdragon]

Sailboats are usually yielded to. Jetskies need to be careful and treat their jet boats as BOATS. They may be personal 'toys' but rules are rules and they are to keep you safe

[@hybridstoatdragon]

I commented this way before they said it. Im still glad I know things😂

[@hybridstoatdragon]

Funfact: you are not allowed within 100 meters of a navy vessel. They have the right to blast you out of the water at a moments notice😅.

[@BradleyBellwether-oy2qi]

The vessel overtaking them properly is proof that even though you look like a Googan with your fenders flapping in the breeze while underway. You don't have to actually drive like a Googan. Lol

[@WilReid]

The Navy and CG definitely don't follow these perfectly. More like the bloopers at the end. We've nearly been run over by a ship trying to overtake us at 50 mph coming through a pass. They never slowed down a bit and just expected us to get out of their way. Maybe it expected us to go under them since it was a Spearhead class or similar massive catamaran.

[@JeffreySouthard-q6o]

You ladies are fabulous

[@agoogleuser2507]

she's not in a car, she's in a boat! 🤯😂

[@hectordelacruz5365]

Vessel constrained by draft is an international rule only, not inland

[@PatPat-m7e]

If you’re in a sailboat, a enter console or a fishing yacht and you see a Guided Missile Frigate coming down the channel, just get out of the way. The sea lawyers can’t help you much when you’re on the bottom.

[@-shadyG]

Not really. Good way for the frigate capt to be relieved of command.

[@babtech]

I guess we’ll turn on and watch Mander and them…

[@firestomper247]

Rule 18… seaplanes give way to all vessels …..

[@EffinN8tive]

What if I was diving and a fishing vessel coming towards me is coming and I can’t move fast enough to get divers up… what do I do ?

[@Glaciershark]

Nobody pays any attention to the rules in Alaska

[@KaptainKevin]

The Fishing boat description isn’t accurate

[@rjwintl]

back in the day , before everyone had a horn , the faster boat slowed down to a slower boat , especially a slow moving sailboat because of , believe it or not , out of common courtesy … sadly lacking on 21st century waterways !!!

[@Legnerps]

I thought you should overtake a boat on their port side?

[@stephenmaher2265]

Who picked the colors?(coin toss)

[@capnrik6397]

And on top of that your speed of speech is on rapid fire....

[@MrOvp]

I was a fan until you used the term “Right of Way”

[@colt45caliber]

Are you two single? I got a new boat and I need boat friends

[@capnrik6397]

Everytime i hear someone try to explain the rules using their own words to explain what the rules mean i cringe....

[@tward9153]

New, reels, catch, fish, so, purchase, some, Wednesday/ NUC, RIM, CBD (INT only), FISHING (COMMERCIAL), SAILING, POWER, SEA PLANE, WIG. You have a few other mistakes mixing up international and inland rules as well as some Western River rules. You may want to pull this down correct ad repost. Not many people really know the ColRegs so you are providing a great service once corrected.

[@salizabeth1115]

I agree. They’re great captains with a lot of knowledge to share. I know they’re very capable and I love their content, but they do have a couple of rules confused in this video. I wanted to also mention the rule about the direction of the current only applies to Western rivers. They probably haven’t had to test on the little specifics of Colregs in quite a while. I agree, I think maybe they should remake this video. Hopefully nobody trying to get licensed uses this as a study guide. A lot of good practical advice for new boaters though.

[@RH421939]

Nobody follows the rules on the water

[@NYHalfassprepper]

Nobody in pleasure boats follows the rules because they are not trained. Us professional mariners have to follow the rules and take great pride in doing so.

[@rjwintl]

@@NYHalfassprepper… exactly

[@RH421939]

The biggest dickhead and unsafe move I ever seen pulled by a boat operator was the captain of a very popular fishing party boat in Brielle New Jersey. But as far as pleasure boaters usually 9 out of 10 of them have no respect or clue what they are doing