INTERNATIONAL ONLY You are on a power-driven...

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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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You must sound whistle signals only if the vessels are meeting.

You must sound three short blasts on the whistle.

You need not sound any whistle signals.

You must sound one blast if backing to starboard.

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