12 - INFORMATION FOR USE 376
Overtaking situation
An overtake is dened as when one yacht comes from a direction of over
22.5 degrees aft, with respect to the yacht that it intends to overtake, in order
that the stern lights can be seen but none of the side lights.
If you nd yourselves overtaking a slower yacht, which is in your path, you
are the burdened yacht. Make any adjustment necessary to avoid collision
and pass either to port or starboard.
Signal your intent to do so by sounding your horn twice if passing on the port
and once if passing on the starboard.
Announce your intentions by playing the horn twice if you intend to exceed
the port and once if you intend to get over to starboard.
The yacht being overtaken by another, takes precedence over the latter and
thus must maintain the same route and the same speed no pull or manoeu-
vre.
It is considered to reach the yacht that has the bow inside an angle of 135°,
formed from the yacht’s stern light that is reached.
HORN
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