🔍 Key Concepts

• Review Rule 18 - Responsibilities Between Vessels in the Navigation Rules • Understand the priority order of vessel types: not under command, restricted in ability to maneuver, constrained by draft (International only), fishing, sailing, power-driven • Note the special status of vessels whose work limits their ability to keep clear of other vessels

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: In Rule 18, where does a vessel engaged in fishing sit relative to each of the other vessel types listed in the choices? • Which of the vessels in the choices might be considered more restricted in what they can do to maneuver safely? • In a crossing situation, which vessel type is expected to maintain its course and speed, and which is expected to take early and substantial action to keep clear?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in Rule 18 which vessels a vessel engaged in fishing shall keep out of the way of • Check carefully whether each option describes a vessel that is more restricted than a fishing vessel, or less restricted • Be sure you are thinking about the hierarchy of vessels in the Rules, not just which one seems harder to maneuver in real life