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Rules of the roadQuestion 200 of 352

While you overtake a vessel, the bearing between you changes. What is your duty?

  1. Keep clear until you are finally past and clear
  2. Treat it as a crossing situation and hold on
  3. Hold course, because you are now stand-on
  4. Keep clear only until the bearing changes
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Correct answer: Keep clear until you are finally past and clear

A later bearing change does not make you a crossing vessel.

Source: US Code of Federal Regulations (eCFR), 33 CFR Part 83: Inland Navigation Rules, § 83.13 Overtaking (Rule 13)

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Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026