Question 2 Rules of the Road

The correct answer is A) Both vessels should alter course to starboard. This is the correct answer because according to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS), when two power-driven vessels are approaching each other in a head-on situation, both vessels are required to alter course to starboard (right) to avoid a collision. This is the standard procedure outlined in Rule 14 of the COLREGS. The other answer choices are incorrect because altering course to port (B) would go against the COLREGS, the vessel's speed (C) is not the determining factor in a head-on situation, and the "first to sight" rule (D) does not apply in this scenario.