Deck General (Supplementary) USCG Question #677 (Set 13)

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You sight another power-driven vessel dead- ahead showing both the red and green sidelights. The required action to take would be to __________.

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option C — alter your course to starboard

Rule 14(a) mandates that when two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side.

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