🔍 Key Concepts

• Rule 13 – Overtaking (International & Inland) • The definition of an overtaking vessel and the sector "more than 22.5 degrees abaft the beam" • The phrase in the Rules about being "finally past and clear"

💭 Think About

• Look at the exact wording of Rule 13: how long does the vessel that is overtaking have to keep out of the way? • Ask yourself: does the responsibility change just because the relative bearing changes, or must a specific condition be met first? • Consider what the Rules say about when an overtaking situation can later be treated as a crossing situation.

✅ Before You Answer

• Check the definition of overtaking and note the relative bearing limits given in degrees from the stern of the vessel being overtaken. • Verify the exact phrase the Rule uses about when the overtaking vessel’s duty ends (hint: it involves being "finally past and clear"). • Confirm whether the Rules ever say that an overtaking vessel becomes a stand-on vessel merely because she moves ahead of the other vessel’s beam.