🔍 Key Concepts

• Wing-in-ground (WIG) craft definitions and how they are treated under the COLREGS/Navigation Rules • Special light requirements for WIG craft during takeoff, landing, and in flight • The difference between a vessel’s general responsibilities to avoid collision and specific rules about who keeps clear

💭 Think About

• Look at the Rule that specifically mentions WIG craft and note what it says about lights and their behavior near other vessels. • Consider whether a WIG is automatically treated as restricted in her ability to maneuver, or if that is a separate, defined condition. • Think about whether the Rules ever say that one type of vessel must always give way in every collision-risk situation.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in the Navigation Rules whether a WIG has to display any special lights when taking off, landing, or in flight. • Check the definition of vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver and decide if a WIG fits that definition by default. • Confirm whether any vessel is required to always give way in all risk-of-collision situations, regardless of circumstances.