Rule 15: Crossing situation
When two power-driven vessels are crossing so as to involve risk of collision, the vessel which has the other on her own starboard side shall keep out of the way and shall, if the circumstances of the case admit, avoid crossing ahead of the other vessel.
What this means:
Rule 15: Crossing situation – Our plain English guide to help you understand & remember this rule.
This rule applies only when two power-driven vessels come together. Any vessel can be power-driven; for example, a passenger ferry is power-driven in open water. A sailing yacht using an engine is power-driven, and a fishing boat not engaged in fishing is also a power-driven vessel.
Power-driven vessels crossing
When two power-driven vessels cross paths, there is a simple rule to establish the give-way and the stand-on vessel.
A vessel must give-way to another that is to starboard of it.
