Encountering Other Vessels
True or False: No vessel has the "right of way" over another vessel
What is True
The name of the vessel that should maintain its course and speed
What is the stand-on vessel?
There are this many common navigation lights?
What is 4?
When you see only a white light, you are doing this.
What is overtaking another vessel?
Whose responsibility is it to take the action needed to avoid a collision?
What is both operators?
The vessel that must take early and substantial action to avoid collision by stopping, slowing down, or changing course
What is the Give-way vessel?
These lights are red and green and can be called combination lights
What are sidelights?
When you see a green and white light you are this vessel.
What is the stand on vessel?
Any vessel engaged in commercial fishing is an example of this
What is a vessel with limited maneuverability?
This vessel is the stand-on vessel when power vs. power meets head on.
What is neither, both keep to the starboard?
This white light is seen from behind or nearly behind the vessel
What is the sternlight?
When you see a red and a white lights, you must do this.
When operating a power driven vessel, you must give way to a sailboat underway, unless it is this?
What is overtaking?
In a crossing situation, power vs. power, this vessel is the give-way vessel
What is the vessel the the operator's port (left) side?
The absence of this light indicates a vessel under sail.
What is the masthead light?
When you see only a red light or only a green light, you may be approaching a sailboat under sail, and you must do this.
What is give way?
These are the three rules of navigation
What are:
1. Practice good seamanship
2.keep a sharp lookout
3. Maintain a safe speed and distance
When overtaking, power vs. power, this vessel is the stand-on vessel
What is the vessel being overtaken?
On power driven vessels less than 39.4 feet in length, this light may be used to combine a masthead light and a sternlight into a single white light. It serves as an anchor light when sidelights are extinguished.
What is the all-round white light?
The sailboat under sail is always this.
What is the stand-on vessel?