🔍 Key Concepts
• Rule 13 – Overtaking situation (Navigation Rules): which vessel must keep out of the way when one is coming up from more than 22.5° abaft the beam.
• Difference between stand-on and give-way vessels in any encounter.
• Whether vessel type (sailing, towing, power-driven) changes the stand-on status in an overtaking situation.
đź’ Think About
• Look at the relative positions and headings in the illustration: which vessel is coming up from behind the other?
• Under Rule 13, ask yourself: in an overtaking situation, does it matter if the vessel being overtaken is power-driven, towing, or sailing?
• Compare the answer choices: which ones base stand-on status on the type of vessel, and which ones base it on the overtaking rule?
âś… Before You Answer
• Confirm from Rule 13 that any vessel overtaking any other vessel has the same responsibility, regardless of type.
• Verify which vessel, from the picture, is actually being overtaken (ahead, same general direction).
• Eliminate any answers that make the stand-on status depend only on the vessel being a sailing vessel or a tug/towing vessel, instead of on the overtaking rule.