USCG Exam PracticeRule 13 — Overtaking
At night, you observe only the sternlight of a vessel ahead and neither of her sidelights. Under the Inland Navigation Rules, your vessel's situation with respect to that vessel is best described as which of the following?
- A. A crossing situation, with the other vessel on your port side
- B. A head-on situation requiring both vessels to alter course to starboard
- ✓ An overtaking situation in which your vessel is the give-way vesselCorrect
- D. An overtaking situation in which your vessel is the stand-on vessel
Why C is correct
33 CFR §83.13(b) defines the overtaking arc as the sector in which, at night, only the sternlight of the vessel ahead is visible. The overtaking vessel is the give-way vessel per 33 CFR §83.13(a).
Cited:33 CFR §83.13