Question 365 Rules of the Road

The correct answer is A) "I intend to leave you on my starboard side." According to the Inland Navigation Rules, two short blasts from a power-driven vessel indicate that the vessel is altering its course to starboard. In the given situation, where the two vessels are meeting and will pass within 1/2 mile of each other, this signal indicates that the vessel is intending to leave the other vessel on its starboard side, which is the correct action to take in a head-on encounter. The other options are incorrect because they do not accurately represent the meaning of the two short blast signal in an inland, head-on encounter scenario.