Lesson 1
Good seamanship
Good seamanship, departing from the regulations, meeting, overtaking and crossing, and the difference between right of way and cooperation.
10 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete
Klein Vaarbewijs 1 (small craft licence 1) · Chapter 3
Rules of the road and right of way
Who gives way when you meet, overtake or cross, and what good seamanship asks of you.
8 lessons48 questions
About this chapter
When two vessels meet, it has to be clear who moves aside. The law settles that: chapter 6 of the Binnenvaartpolitiereglement (BPR), the police regulations for Dutch inland waterways, says who gives way in each situation. It matters whether vessels head towards each other, overtake each other or cross each other.
In lesson 1 you learn what good seamanship asks of you, what meeting, overtaking and crossing mean, and the difference between right of way and cooperation. After that it is about who gives way in each situation: small and large, motor, sail and muscle power, narrows, harbours, turning and ferries.
Lessons
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Small and large
What a small and a large vessel are, why the starboard side comes before size, and the high-speed vessel.
9 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete - Lesson 3
Motor, sail and muscle power
Who gives way between small motor, sailing and rowing boats, the sailing boat under engine, and sailing vessels among themselves.
10 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete - Lesson 4
Meeting head-on
The main rule when meeting, when there is room enough, the blue board, and what is different on the Geldersche IJssel and the Maas.
8 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete - Lesson 5
Narrows
What a narrows is, who gives way there with and without a current, that you do not overtake there, and sign A.4.
7 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete - Lesson 6
Overtaking
When and on which side you overtake, what the overtaken vessel does, overtaking under sail to windward, and sign A.2.
8 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete - Lesson 7
Crossing, main fairways and harbours
Who gives way when crossing, joining a main fairway, entering and leaving harbours, sign B.9 and stretches with a prescribed route.
10 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete - Lesson 8
Turning, departing and ferries
Right of way and cooperation when turning, departing and with ferries, tows, wash and the other rules of article 6.18.
8 steps · 6 questionsKVB1 complete
Test
Chapter test
14 questions from all 8 lessons. You answer everything first and then see your result, with an explanation for each question.