🔍 Key Concepts

• Rule 14 – Head-on Situation in the Navigation Rules • Required action of both power-driven vessels in a head-on situation • Standard side-to-side passing arrangement used to avoid collision

💭 Think About

• In a true head-on situation between two power-driven vessels, what does Rule 14 say each vessel shall do? • Think about the most common and standardized way vessels normally meet in narrow channels or rivers – which sides of each other do they usually pass on? • Which option describes both vessels taking the same, predictable action rather than negotiating who will move?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify that the rule applies to two power-driven vessels meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses. • Check which choice has both vessels making an identical, mandatory alteration rather than deciding by sound signals first. • Confirm which side-to-side passing (port-to-port vs starboard-to-starboard) is described as the normal arrangement in the Navigation Rules.