Question 181 Rules of the Road

The correct answer is A) bare steerageway. According to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), Rule 6, a vessel hearing a fog signal forward of her beam, and has not determined if a risk of collision exists, shall reduce her speed to the minimum at which she can be kept on her course. The minimum speed required to maintain steerageway is known as "bare steerageway," which is the correct answer. The other options are incorrect because they do not specify the minimum speed required in this situation. Reducing to "moderate speed" (B) or "half speed" (C) may not be sufficient to maintain bare steerageway, while "safe speed" (D) is a more general term that does not clearly indicate the minimum speed requirement.