Motorboats generally should stay clear of sailboats and manually powered vessels and not create a wake which may cause them trouble or to be swamped. Enter the email address you signed up with and well email you a reset link. Power Driven Vessel Encountering Power Driven Vessel The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 COLREGs are published by the International Maritime Organization IMO and set out among other things the rules of the road or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other vessels at sea to prevent collisions between two or more vessels. . The voice of the surf heard now and then was a positive pleasure like the speech of a brother. A boat is approaching you head-on A boat is moving directly away from you You have encountered a vessel at anchor with engine running You are the stand-on vessel and must maintain course and speed. You could see from afar the white of their eyeballs glistening. ...