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QUESTION: INLAND ONLY You are proceeding up a channel in Chesapeake Bay and are meeting an outbound vessel. There is no current. You MUST __________.
A. Keep to that side of the channel which is on your vessel's port side B. Stop your vessel, letting the outbound vessel sound the signals for meeting and passing C. Propose or answer one or two blast whistle signals given by the other vessel if passing within half a mile D. Give the outbound vessel the right-of-way
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Answer C) Propose or answer one or two blast whistle signals given by the other vessel if passing within half a mile
Under Inland Rules, meeting and passing arrangements are made by whistle signals, and either vessel may initiate them. With no current and a normal meeting, the correct action is to propose or respond to one- or two-blast signals to agree on how to pass.
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