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Safety information

Meeting Overtaking
If you are meeting another power-driven ves- If you are passing another vessel, you are the
sel head-on, and are close enough to run the give-way vessel. This means that the other
risk of collision, neither of you has the right- vessel is expected to maintain its course and
of-way. Both of you should alter course to speed. You must stay out of its way until you
avoid an accident. You should keep the other are clear of it. Likewise, if another vessel is
vessel on your port (left) side. This rule does passing you, you should maintain your speed
not apply if both of you will clear one another and direction so that the other vessel can
if you continue on your set course and speed. steer itself around you.

Crossing Other special situations
When two power-driven vessels are crossing There are three other rules you should be
each other’s path close enough to run the risk aware of when operating your boat around
of collision, the vessel which has the other on other vessels.
the starboard (right) side must keep out of the
way of the other. If the other vessel is on your
starboard (right) side, you must keep out of
its way; you are the give-way vessel. If the
other vessel is on your port (left) side, remem-
ber that you should maintain course and di-
rection, provided the other vessel gives you
the right-of-way, as it should.

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