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USCG Exam Practice · Rule 8 — Action to Avoid Collision

Rule 8 requires that the effectiveness of any action taken to avoid collision shall be carefully checked until when?

  1. AThe bearing to the other vessel has changed by at least 30 degrees
  2. BThe other vessel is finally past and clear✓ correct
  3. CThe CPA has increased to at least one nautical mile
  4. DThe other vessel acknowledges the maneuver by sound signal

Why B is correct

33 CFR §83.08(d) requires that the effectiveness of the action shall be carefully checked until the other vessel is finally past and clear. No specific bearing change or distance threshold is stated in the Rule.

Cited:33 CFR §83.08

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