Mnemonics for Colregs and other bits.

[Rabbie]

Here is an informative and entertaining website for beginners to our game. http://fmg-www.cs.ucla.edu/geoff/mnemonics.html
I particularly liked the 'basic knots' bit from the Brighton Scout Group which would assist younger mariners.

 

[Chris_Stannard]

My favourite is

Green to Red, and Red to Green
Don't be chicken, go between.

But the I never did approve a mnemonics anyway


Chris Stannard

 

[Guest]

The one that has kept my career the most incident-free is definitely;

If in doubt
Bottle out!

Sorry! (And not to be confused with;

When in danger or in doubt
Run around and scream and shout)

 

[Adrian_Morgan]

...or the variant 'if both red and green be seen, in perfect safety go between'...

Any more advice along the lines of 'try the famous echo in the (old) reading room of the British Library' but relating to boats? Such as 'always cross the cockpit of your neighbour's boat when going ashore and as a courtesy pop your head below with a cheery hello'.