Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Quiz · Collision regulations
You are on passage along this coast in a 12 m yacht. May you use the inshore traffic zone, or must you join the traffic lane?
A chart of a traffic separation scheme running along a coast at the top of the picture. Working out from the coast: an area labelled inshore traffic zone, a traffic lane with arrows pointing left, a shaded separation zone, and a second lane with arrows pointing right. A yacht labelled 12 m yacht is in the inshore traffic zone, heading the same way as the nearer lane.
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You may use it: vessels under 20 m, sailing vessels and vessels fishing are allowed to. Rule 10(d) keeps through traffic that can safely use the lane out of the inshore traffic zone, but makes an exception for vessels of less than 20 metres, sailing vessels and vessels engaged in fishing. Any vessel may also use the zone to reach a port or other place inside it, or to avoid immediate danger.
