GEKKO GTO 22, Owner'S Manual

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• Meeting (you are approaching another vessel head-on)
• Crossing (you are traveling across the other vessel’s path)
• Overtaking (you are passing or being passed by another vessel)
Using the following illustration in which you are the boat in the center, you should
give right-of-way to all vessels shown in the red area. In this instance, you are the
give-way vessel. All vessels to your port side and aft must yield to you as you are the
stand-on vessel. Both you and a head-on meeting vessel must alter course to avoid
each other.
If you are meeting another power vessel head-on and you are close enough to run the
risk of collision, neither of you has the right-of-way. Both of you should alter course
to avoid an accident. You should keep the other vessel on your port (left) side. This
rule doesn’t apply if both of you can clear each other by continuing your set course
and speed.