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INTERNATIONAL ONLY You are on a power-driven vessel, maneuvering as authorized, and are in sight of another vessel. You put your engines full speed astern, which statement concerning whistle signals is TRUE?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Rule 34 - Maneuvering and Warning Signals (International Rules) • Difference between signals for course alterations and signals for engine orders • When whistle signals are required versus when they are optional in sight of another vessel

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: Are you required to signal every time you change engine speed, or only in certain types of maneuvers between vessels in sight of one another? • Consider what three short blasts actually indicate under the International Rules – does it mean ‘engines astern’ or something else? • Think about whether the rule mentions backing to port or starboard in connection with astern engine movements, or only with changes in heading/course.

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify in Rule 34(a)–(c) what one, two, and three short blasts are defined to mean under the International Rules. • Check whether “engines full speed astern” by itself is listed in Rule 34 as a maneuver that must be indicated by whistle signal when vessels are in sight of one another. • Confirm whether any signal is tied to “backing to starboard” versus “altering course to starboard” and how the rule actually phrases this.

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