two minutes
Deck
Rules of the Road: BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A power-driven vessel at anchor, not fishing or othe...
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Rule 35 (i) (j).
One minute always for at anchor. Everything else underway is 2 min.
Hookedonkristy:
Good thought. But what about the vessel at anchor which is less that 20 meters (ie between 12 & 20 meters, and less than 12 meters) and which is "not obliged" to sound bell for 5 seconds at not more than 1 minute, instead allowed to make "some other efficient sound signal", doing so at less than 2 minutes as required by the rules? This exception violates your rule of thumb.
Good thought. But what about the vessel at anchor which is less that 20 meters (ie between 12 & 20 meters, and less than 12 meters) and which is "not obliged" to sound bell for 5 seconds at not more than 1 minute, instead allowed to make "some other efficient sound signal", doing so at less than 2 minutes as required by the rules? This exception violates your rule of thumb.