🔍 Key Concepts

• Rule 24 – Towing and Pushing in the Navigation Rules • Difference between towing vessel lights and vessel being towed lights • When a special flashing light is used and on which unit of the tow

💭 Think About

• Focus only on what the vessel being towed astern must show, not what the tug or towing vessel shows. • Ask yourself which lights are required on any power-driven vessel underway versus which are unique to certain towing configurations. • Consider whether a special flashing light belongs on the vessel doing the towing, the vessel being towed, or both.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in Rule 24 which lights are listed specifically for the vessel or object being towed astern. • Check which lights are only shown by the towing vessel (such as extra masthead lights and, in Inland Waters, certain special lights). • Confirm whether a vessel being towed astern is ever required to show masthead lights or a special flashing light under the Navigation Rules.