INTERNATIONAL ONLY What whistle signal, if...

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INTERNATIONAL ONLY What whistle signal, if any, would be sounded when two vessels are meeting, but will pass clear starboard to starboard?

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INTERNATIONAL ONLY What whistle signal, if any, would be sounded when two vessels are meeting, but will pass clear starboard to starboard?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Rule 34 (Maneuvering and Warning Signals) – International Rules • Difference between International and Inland meanings of whistle signals • Relationship between a vessel’s course alteration (to port or starboard) and whether the pass is port-to-port or starboard-to-starboard

💭 Think About

• First sketch two vessels meeting head-on and label which side is starboard on each. For a starboard-to-starboard pass, which way must each vessel alter course? • Under the International Rules, do whistle signals describe which side you will pass on, or do they describe which way you are altering your course? • If International signals state "I am altering my course to starboard" or "to port", which signal (one or two short blasts) matches the course change needed for a starboard-to-starboard meeting?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in Rule 34 – International what one short blast and two short blasts specifically mean. • Confirm whether any meeting situation requires five or more short blasts, or if that is strictly a danger/doubt signal. • Check whether any signal is required when two power-driven vessels are meeting and will pass clear in sight of one another under the International Rules.

Question 1 of 27070

INTERNATIONAL ONLY What whistle signal, if any, would be sounded when two vessels are meeting, but will pass clear starboard to starboard?

One short blast

Two short blasts

Five or more short blasts

No signal is required.

Question 1 / 2707066636eeb28f7522a1c51bebe

Question 1 of 2707066636eeb28f7522a1c51bebe

INTERNATIONAL ONLY What whistle signal, if any, would be sounded when two vessels are meeting, but will pass clear starboard to starboard?

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Question 1 of 27070

INTERNATIONAL ONLY What whistle signal, if any, would be sounded when two vessels are meeting, but will pass clear starboard to starboard?