Section II – Conduct of vessels in sight of one another Rule 14: Head on situation a. When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involve risk of collision each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side of the other.Meaning: It is a clear instruction when the vessels are head on perfectly, the thing to remember is that when the vessels are nearly on reciprocal courses, then to the vessels are asked to alter course to starboard.A nearly reciprocal course would deem that the vessels would be passing … [Read more...]