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Power-Driven Vessel Encountering Power-Driven Vessel

The actions you must take when encountering another vessel are found in the Collision Regulations.

Note that the following illustrations are not drawn to scale. The vessels are shown closer to each other than they should be when actually encountering another vessel on the water.

Meeting Head-On: Neither vessel is the stand-on vessel. Both vessels should turn to starboard (the right).

Power-driven vessel meeting power driven vessel head-on

Paths That Cross: The vessel on the operator’s port (left) is the give-way vessel. The vessel on the operator’s starboard (right) is the stand-on vessel.

Power-driven vessel crossing the path of another power-driven vessel

Overtaking: The vessel that is overtaking another vessel is the give-way vessel. The vessel being overtaken is the stand-on vessel.

Power-driven vessel overtaking another power-driven vessel
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