BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are involved in a crossing situation with a vessel off your port bow. The other vessel is showing a high intensity all-round flashing red light. Which action should you take?
• Meaning of a high intensity all-round flashing red light under the Navigation Rules • Responsibilities in a crossing situation (Rule 15) and who is the stand-on vs give-way vessel • How special status or obstruction lights affect normal crossing rules
• First, identify what type of vessel or situation is indicated by an all-round high intensity flashing red light. Does this mark an ordinary power-driven vessel, a hazard, or something else? • Think about whether normal crossing rules still apply if the other "vessel" is actually marking a special condition or obstruction. • Ask yourself: if a light is indicating a danger or something to be avoided, what is your safest general obligation with respect to that object or area?
• Look up the specific use of a high intensity, all-round flashing red light in the Navigation Rules or related regulations. • Confirm whether this light is used to mark a vessel, an obstruction, or special hazard area. • Verify what your primary duty is when encountering a marked danger: avoidance, course alteration, or speed adjustment.
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