When is a sailboat the stand on vessel in relations to a recreational power boat?

The stand-on vessel is the one that is on the starboard side of a boat, and its red light or streamer is visible to you. The situation where a sailboat would be the stand-on vessel will be then the sailboat is overtaking the power boat.

The opposite of a stand-on vessel is the give-way vessel, which is on the port side, the green light or streamer of which is visible to you.

Is a  vector quantity  that refers to "the rate at which an object changes its position." imagine a person moving rapidly - one step forward and one step back - always returning to the original starting position. while this might result in a frenzy of activity, it would result in a zero velocity. because the person always returns to the original position, the motion would never result in a change in position. since velocity is defined as the rate at which the position changes, this motion results in zero velocity. if a person in motion wishes to maximize their velocity, then that person must make every effort to maximize the amount that they are displaced from their original position. every step must go into moving that person further from where he or she started. for certain, the person should never change directions and begin to return to the starting position.