Your vessel is proceeding up a narrow channel. What is the effect on squat if you meet another vessel on a reciprocal course?
Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation
Correct Answer: Option A — the squat is additive
When two vessels meet in a narrow channel on reciprocal courses, their individual hydrodynamic pressure fields and return currents interact, causing mutual attraction and compounding the sinkage effect, meaning the squat is additive.
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