BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are underway in reduced visibility. You hear the fog signal of another vessel about 20° on your starboard bow. Risk of collision may exist. Which action should you take?

Question

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are underway in reduced visibility. You hear the fog signal of another vessel about 20&deg; on your starboard bow. Risk of collision may exist. Which action should you take?

Accepted Answer

Option D: reduce your speed to bare steerageway. Rule 19(e) requires that a vessel which detects by radar alone or hears the fog signal of another vessel forward of her beam, and determines risk of collision exists, shall reduce her speed to the minimum at which she can be kept on her course, known as bare steerageway.

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are underway in reduced visibility. You hear the fog signal of another vessel about 20&deg; on your starboard bow. Risk of collision may exist. Which action should you take?

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are underway in reduced visibility. You hear the fog signal of another vessel about 20° on your starboard bow. Risk of collision may exist. Which action should you take?