Question 14 RVR04 - Master or Mate of LT 200 GRT

The Correct Answer is B **Explanation of B (Correct Option):** Option B is correct because the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGs), which apply both internationally and inland, govern this scenario. Your vessel is "power-driven" and "stopped and making no way," but is "not in any way disabled." Therefore, your vessel is classified solely as a **power-driven vessel underway** (Rule 3(a) and Rule 24/25 exceptions are not met). Since the other vessel is approaching you on your starboard beam, this constitutes a **crossing situation** (Rule 15). In a crossing situation, the vessel which has the other vessel to starboard is the **give-way vessel** and must take action to keep clear. **Explanation of Incorrect Options:** **A) You should be showing the lights or shapes for a vessel not under command (NUC).** This is incorrect. A vessel not under command (Rule 3(f)) is unable to maneuver due to some exceptional circumstance. Your vessel is explicitly stated as "not in any way disabled." As a stopped vessel, you remain a power-driven vessel underway capable of maneuvering. **C) You should be showing the lights or shapes for a vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver (RAM).** This is incorrect. A vessel restricted in her ability to maneuver (Rule 3(g)) is engaged in work (such as dredging, laying cables, etc.) that restricts her ability to deviate from her course. Simply being stopped and making no way does not qualify a vessel as RAM. **D) The other vessel must give-way since your vessel is stopped.** This is incorrect. Being stopped does not automatically elevate your vessel to a status that requires the other vessel to give way. Unless your vessel is genuinely NUC, RAM, constrained by draft, or fishing, your vessel remains a power-driven vessel, and the rules of crossing (Rule 15) apply. Since the other vessel is on your starboard beam, you are the burdened (give-way) vessel.