---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 83.16"
title: "33"
number: "83.16"
heading: "Action by give-way vessel (Rule 16)."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/83.16"
---

# §83.16. Action by give-way vessel (Rule 16).


Every vessel which is directed to keep out of the way of another vessel shall, so far as possible, take early and substantial action to keep well clear.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2071; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: USCG-2012-0102, 79 FR 37912, July 2, 2014, unless otherwise noted.