If the vessel is heading NW the green running light should be to the right of the white lights...this configuration is not possible.
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Rules of the Road: BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are on a vessel heading due south and see the li...
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This answer is incorrect.
should be heading SW
This is very wrong
The answer is definitely NW.. I've made a drawing to help visualize this question.. click here
This answer is correct. The left masthead light is above the right masthead light indicating the vessel is moving relative port to starboard. Since ownship is traveling south, the sighted vessel is traveling in a westward direction. Answers B and C are incorrect. One point off the port bow is ahead of ownship. A vessel ahead traveling SW would show its stern light. The answer is NW.
How about SE. I am going South and see 2 steaming lights good a part which means I am well on the starboard side with green, starboard light on my port.
ok there is only one possible answer! THE VESSEL IS HEADING SE !!!