Appendix 3

A POWER-DRIVEN VESSEL, 19.8 m AND MORE IN LENGTH, TOWING OR PUSHING OTHER VESSELS, AND ALSO VESSELS BEING TOWED UNDER WAY (Rules 3 and 5)

1. The towing vessel may carry, in place of a stern light, a small white light abaft the funnel or after mast.

Notes:

2. Towing vessels and vessels being towed, with a length of less than 19.8 m, but more than 12.19m, carry the same lights as vessels with a length of 19.8m and more, but the distance between white lights is 1.22 m, rather than 1.83 m; moreover, the distance from the hull to the white light is not stipulated.

Note:

It should be borne in mind that the side lights of the pushing/towing vessel may be concealed by the superstructures of the vessel being pushed.

VESSEL PROCEEDING UNDER SAIL, WHEN ALSO BEING PROPELLED BY MACHINERY (Rule 14)