🔍 Key Concepts

• Rule 18 – Responsibilities between vessels (power-driven vs sailing) • Difference between general priority (type of vessel) and special rules for two sailing vessels (Rule 12) • Role of the stand-on vessel vs the give-way vessel in a normal crossing situation

💭 Think About

• First, ignore the wind and ask: by type alone, which vessel normally has to keep clear when a power-driven vessel meets a sailing vessel? Which Rule says that? • Then, ask yourself: does the fact that the sailing vessel has the wind dead aft change this from a power-vs-sailing situation into something covered by a different Rule? If so, which one? • Look at the illustration: are the vessels meeting, crossing, or overtaking? Does any of those situations create an exception to the normal power-vs-sailing priority here?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which Rule explicitly states that a power-driven vessel underway shall keep out of the way of a sailing vessel. • Check whether Rule 12 (sailing vessels) even applies when one of the vessels is power-driven. • Confirm that no special category (e.g., overtaking, not under command, restricted in ability to maneuver) is shown for either vessel in the diagram.