GENERAL OPERATING AND SAFETY INFORMATION
Navigational Rules
Your Polaris Watercraft is legally considered a power boat. Therefore its operation
must be in accordance with all rules and regulations governing it and the waterway
on which it is operated.
These rules are used and enforced internationally as well as by the
U.S.
Coast
Guard and local law enforcement. Any operator of this watercraft should be aware
of these rules and obey them when encountering other vessels.
The following rules are condensed and are provided only for your convenience.
Consult a
U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary or Department of Motor Vehicles for a com-
plete set of rules governing the waters where you will be riding. You may also ob-
tain this information when registering your watercraft.
Right-of-way And Give-way
In nautical terms the "stand-on" (privileged) vessel has the right-of-way and the
"give-way" (burdened) vessel must yield or give-way.
Stand-on Vessel
The vessel with the right-of-way has the duty to continue its course and speed, ex-
cept to avoid an immediate collision. By maintaining course and speed other ves-
sels should be able to determine how best to avoid you.
Give-way Vessel
The vessel which does not have the right-of-way is responsible to take positive ac-
tion to stay out of the way of the stand-on vessel. Normally, you should not cross
in front of the stand-on vessel. You should slow down or change direction briefly
and pass behind the stand-on vessel. Your actions should be clear and under-
standable by the stand-on vessel.
Rule
2
Rule
2
is ''The General Prudential Rule" in the International Rule. It tells the operator
to follow standard procedures except when a collision will occur, unless both vessels
try to avoid the collision. In this case, both vessels become "give-way" vessels.
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