🔍 Key Concepts

• Rule 12 – Sailing Vessels of the Navigation Rules • The special rule for overtaking: a vessel overtaking another must keep out of the way • Difference between stand-on vessel and give-way vessel when both are sailing

💭 Think About

• When TWO SAILING VESSELS are involved, which specific situations does Rule 12 talk about (wind on port, wind on starboard, windward/leeward)? • Think about whether speed alone ever decides who is give-way under the COLREGS, or if other factors are used instead. • Ask yourself: does the overtaking rule change just because the vessels are sailing instead of power-driven?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify under Rule 12 how sailing vessels determine who keeps out of the way (by tack and by windward/leeward). • Check Rule 13 – Overtaking and note if it applies to ALL vessels or only to power-driven vessels. • Confirm whether the Navigation Rules ever say that the faster vessel must give way just because it is faster.