INLAND ONLY You are overtaking another power-driven vessel in a narrow channel. The other vessel will have to move to allow you to pass. You wish to overtake the other vessel and leave her on your starboard side. Your first whistle signal should be __________.

Correct Answer: Option D — two short blasts

Under Inland Rules 34(c), when overtaking another power-driven vessel in a narrow channel where the overtaken vessel must move to permit passage, two short blasts indicate an intention to pass leaving the overtaken vessel on the starboard side.