COLREGS

Question 1

NOT TO IMPEDE

Answer 1

Take early action to allow sufficient sea-room for the safe passage of the other vessel.

Question 2

Define Overtaking

Answer 2

A vessel shall be deemed to be overtaking when coming up with another vessel from a direction more than 22.5degrees abaft her beam, that is, in such a position with reference to the vessel she is overtaking, that at night she would be able to see only the stern light of that vessel but neither of her side lights.

Question 3

Define when a head on situation shall be deemed to exist?

Answer 3

Such a situation shall be deemed to exist when a vessel sees the other ahead or nearly ahead and by night she would see the last head lights of the other in a line or nearly in a line and or both sidelights and by day she observes the corresponding aspect of the other vessel.

Question 4

Action By Give-Way Vessel
Shall Keep Out Of The Way

Answer 4

Every vessel which is directed to keep out of the way of another vessel shall so far as possible take early and substantial action to keep well clear.