Navigation Rules

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Navigation Rules

2

Rules for Clear, Daylight Hours

3

Lights

4

Rules for Reduced Visibility

5

Distress and Providing Assistance

6

Chapter Review

Chapter 4 Review Questions

You have reached the end of Chapter 4. The questions below are for practice only. They have been selected to help you study and highlight some important information.

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1) A vessel propelled by machinery is this type of vessel


2) Every vessel shall, at all times, proceed at _____ speed so that it can take proper and effective action to avoid collision.


3) This situation exists if the compass bearing of an approaching vessel does not appreciably change and the distance between the two vessels decreases (constant bearing, decreasing range).


4) The navigation rules require all vessels keep near to this side of a channel or fairway


5) At night you observe a green bow light and a white all-round light, what type of vessel are you observing?


6) You are operating a powerboat at night. You observe a red bow light and a white all-round light on another boat, what are your obligations under the rules of the road?


7) At night you observe only a green bow light (no white all-round light), what type of vessel are you observing?


8) In an overtaking situation, the vessel doing the overtaking is which boat?


9) A down-bound vessel on the Western Rivers


10) When approaching a sailing vessel, power-driven vessels must:


11) A vessel underway is allowed to turn off all her running lights when:



   
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