INLAND ONLY You are approaching a vessel...

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INLAND ONLY You are approaching a vessel displaying the lights as shown in illustration D075RR below. What type of situation is this?

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Question 1 of 27070

INLAND ONLY You are approaching a vessel displaying the lights as shown in illustration D075RR below. What type of situation is this?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Look up Inland Rule 24 – Towing and Pushing and identify what two yellow lights in a vertical line can represent. • Review Rule 13 – Overtaking and how the Rules define when you are overtaking another vessel (relative bearing and which lights you can see). • Compare which situations (crossing, meeting, overtaking) allow you to see stern or towing lights only versus sidelights or masthead lights.

💭 Think About

• From what general direction relative to that vessel must you be, if the only lights you see are two yellow lights in a vertical line? Ahead, on the side, or from astern? • Which of the listed situations is defined by being more than 22.5° abaft the beam of the other vessel, where you can see its stern/towing lights but not its sidelights? • Ask yourself: if this were a crossing or head‑on situation, what additional colors and positions of lights would you expect to see besides these two yellow ones?

✅ Before You Answer

• Confirm that two yellow lights in a vertical line can indicate towing lights at the stern of a vessel engaged in pushing ahead or towing alongside (Inland Rule 24). • Verify in Rule 13 – Overtaking how the rule defines the situation based on where you are (ahead/abeam/astern) and what lights are visible. • Before choosing, be sure you are matching the relative bearing (where you are relative to that vessel) to the correct definition: crossing, meeting head‑on, or overtaking.