You are being overtaken and the overtaking vessel has not yet taken action; ROC exists. What is required of the overtaken vessel?

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You are being overtaken and the overtaking vessel has not yet taken action; ROC exists. What is required of the overtaken vessel?

In an overtaking situation the responsibility to avoid collision lies mainly with the overtaking vessel. Rule 13 makes the overtaking vessel the give-way vessel and requires it to keep out of the way of the vessel being overtaken, taking early and substantial action to pass safely. Even if the overtaking vessel hasn’t yet begun its maneuver, the duty to avoid rests with it, not with the vessel being overtaken. The other options don’t describe this duty: speeding up, stopping, or sounding signals aren’t the required actions in this scenario. So the best answer is that the overtaking vessel must keep out of the way of the vessel being overtaken.

In an overtaking situation the responsibility to avoid collision lies mainly with the overtaking vessel. Rule 13 makes the overtaking vessel the give-way vessel and requires it to keep out of the way of the vessel being overtaken, taking early and substantial action to pass safely. Even if the overtaking vessel hasn’t yet begun its maneuver, the duty to avoid rests with it, not with the vessel being overtaken. The other options don’t describe this duty: speeding up, stopping, or sounding signals aren’t the required actions in this scenario. So the best answer is that the overtaking vessel must keep out of the way of the vessel being overtaken.

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