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Safe speed is defined as a speed that allows a vessel to take proper action to avoid collisions and stop within a distance appropriate for the conditions. Factors that determine safe speed include wind, sea, and current conditions, water depth, visibility, and proximity of navigational hazards. A vessel's speed must allow it to maneuver safely and avoid threats by changing course, slowing down, or stopping while allowing other vessels to pass. Safe speed depends on prevailing circumstances and may be only a few knots in fog compared to over 10 knots outside of fog areas.

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Safe speed is defined as a speed that allows a vessel to take proper action to avoid collisions and stop within a distance appropriate for the conditions. Factors that determine safe speed include wind, sea, and current conditions, water depth, visibility, and proximity of navigational hazards. A vessel's speed must allow it to maneuver safely and avoid threats by changing course, slowing down, or stopping while allowing other vessels to pass. Safe speed depends on prevailing circumstances and may be only a few knots in fog compared to over 10 knots outside of fog areas.

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John B.

Lacson Foundation Maritime University – Arevalo


Sto. Niño Sur, Arevalo, Iloilo City

Deckwatch 1 – Prelims

Laboratory work # 4

Name: Candaganan, Joshua A. Section: Polaris 1-A Date: February 12, 2021

Laboratory Work #4: Explain what is meant by safe speed and mentioning the factors to be taken into
account when determining safe speed.

“Safe Speed and Mentioning the Factors to be Taken into Account when Determining Safe Speed”

A Safe Speed is a speed less than the maximum at which the operator can take proper and
effective action to avoid collision and stop within a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances
and conditions. The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea or the COLREGs expresses
Safe Speed in Rule 6 as: every vessel shall at all times travel at a Safe Speed so that it can take action to
avoid a collision and be stopped with a distance appropriate to the prevailing circumstances and
conditions.

Mentioning the factors to be taken into account when determining safe speed just like the
determining the state of wind, sea, current and proximity of navigation hazards, the draft in relation to
the available depth of water, state of visibility and etc. In assertion to Safe Speed, any vessel, which is
cruising has some speed and with that, it can mess up others just as to itself. On the off chance that the
speed is exceptionally low and the current is strong she may drift on to some other boat, so a low speed
is out under these conditions.

In the event that the speed is more and in the event that the steering comes up short, at that
point she would move away from her course line onto a threat exceptionally quick without possibly a
crisis being figured it out. A safe speed is not necessarily a zero speed either. A vessel dead in the water
has no steerage and therefore no ability to change course to avoid a collision. The fundamental truth is
that under any conditions the speed ought to be with the end goal that the vessel can take a viable (stay
away from) activity to dodge threat, this incorporates moving to keep far removed or easing back down
or halting to permit another vessel to pass obviously.

Similar to vehicles boats are required to limit their speed in order to avoid a collision. Rule 6 tells
us that you must constantly evaluate the prevailing conditions and circumstances. For example, a Safe
Speed outside a fog area may be in excess of 10 knots. A Safe Speed in or on approach to fog may be
only a few knots

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