USCG Exam Practice · Rule 13 — Overtaking
Under the Inland Rules, a power-driven vessel intending to overtake another power-driven vessel on the overtaken vessel's starboard side shall sound which whistle signal?
- ATwo short blasts
- BOne prolonged blast
- COne short blast✓ correct
- DTwo prolonged blasts followed by one short blast
Why C is correct
33 CFR §83.34(c)(i)(1) specifies that a power-driven vessel intending to overtake another power-driven vessel on the overtaken vessel's starboard side shall sound one short blast. Note this differs from the International Rules, where no specific overtaking signal is prescribed.
Cited:33 CFR §83.34
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