INLAND ONLY You are proceeding against the current on a river in the Great Lakes System. You are meeting a downbound vessel. Both vessels are power-driven. The other vessel sounds one short blast. What action must you take if in agreement?
• Inland Navigation Rules – Maneuvering and Warning Signals (Rule 34) for meeting/overtaking in rivers and Great Lakes • Special downbound vs. upbound privilege on rivers with a current under Inland Rules • Meaning of one short blast inland in a meeting situation (what intention it communicates)
• Ask yourself: On Inland waters, when one vessel proposes a passing arrangement with a whistle signal, what must the other vessel do if it agrees with that proposal? • Consider what one short blast means Inland compared with International – is it describing engine movement, or the intended passing side? • Look at each choice and decide: which one actually shows that you ACCEPT the other vessel’s proposed passing signal in the way the Inland Rules require?
• Verify under Inland Rule 34 that an agreeing vessel repeats or otherwise matches the proposal signal, rather than using a different signal. • Confirm that three short blasts Inland are associated with engines going astern, not with accepting a meeting proposal. • Remember that the question is asking for the action you must take to indicate agreement, not just what course change or speed you might make.
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