Question 365Rules of the Road90% to pass
INLAND ONLY Two power-driven vessels are meeting in the situation as shown in illustration D037RR below and will pass within 1/2 mile of each other. What does two short blasts from either vessel mean?
AI Explanation
The correct answer is A) "I intend to leave you on my starboard side."
According to the Inland Navigation Rules, two short blasts from a power-driven vessel indicate that the vessel is altering its course to starboard. In the given situation, where the two vessels are meeting and will pass within 1/2 mile of each other, this signal indicates that the vessel is intending to leave the other vessel on its starboard side, which is the correct action to take in a head-on encounter.
The other options are incorrect because they do not accurately represent the meaning of the two short blast signal in an inland, head-on encounter scenario.
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