What to do when a sailboat is about to cross paths with a PWC?
The correct answer to the question on motorboats crossing paths with a PWC, and what action should be taken is that the vessel on the left (port) hand side should be the one to give way.
When a power-driven vessel and a sailing vessel are about to cross paths and a risk of collision exists which vessel must stand on?
Paths That Cross: The power-driven vessel is the give-way vessel. The sailing vessel is the stand-on vessel. Overtaking: The vessel that is overtaking another vessel is the give-way vessel, regardless of whether it is a sailing vessel or a power-driven vessel. The vessel being overtaken is always the stand-on vessel.
What should you do when approaching a vessel head on?
Approaching Power-Driven Boats: Head-On and Overtaking Both operators must take early action to steer clear of each other, by steering to starboard (to the right) as soon as possible to avoid a collision.
What should a sailboat do when approaching a PWC head on?
PWC Encountering PWC
- Meeting Head-On: Neither vessel is the stand-on vessel. Both vessels should turn to starboard (the right).
- Paths That Cross: The vessel on the operator’s port (left) side is the give-way vessel.
- Overtaking: The vessel that is overtaking another vessel is the give-way vessel.
Which is the sailing vessel or power driven vessel?
Paths That Cross: The power-driven vessel is the give-way vessel. The sailing vessel is the stand-on vessel. Overtaking: The vessel that is overtaking another vessel is the give-way vessel, regardless of whether it is a sailing vessel or a power-driven vessel. The vessel being overtaken is always the stand-on vessel.
Which is the give way vessel in a PWC?
If a sailboat under sail is about to cross paths with a PWC, the PWC should change its speed and course. The power-driven vessel is the give-way vessel, and the sailing vessel is the stand-on vessel. If two boats are traveling on paths that will cross, what determines which boat is the give-way vessel?
Can a PWC cross paths with a motorboat?
If a motorboat is crossing the paths with a PWC, the vessel on the port (left) side should give way. A PWC should be treated like a motorboat. The rules are the same for a PWC or a motorboat.
When do power boats give way to sailboats?
Instead the rule that power boats mus give-way to sailboats applies. When two power boats are not meeting head on but their paths cross (like cars meeting at an intersection), the boat on the starboard (right) is the stand-on boat and the boat on the port (left) is the give-way boat.