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Elija la traducción adecuada: "When two power-driven vessels are meeting on reciprocal or nearly reciprocal courses so as to involver risk of collision each shall alter her course to starboard so that each shall pass on the port side of the other."
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Correct answer: a) Cuando dos buques de propulsión mecánica naveguen de vuelta encontrada a rumbos opuestos o casi opuestos, con riesgo de abordaje, cada uno de ellos caerá a estribor de forma que pase la banda de babor del otro.
Why it is correct
It is Rule 14: each alters to starboard and passes on the other’s port side.
Why the others are not
- b) That is a crossing.
- c) It adds what the text does not say.
- d) It speaks of crossing, not head-on.
How to work it out in the exam
- Reciprocal courses: vuelta encontrada.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2019 · Convocatoria de junio · CY Test 1 · question 38 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2019 · Convocatoria de junio · CY Test 2 · question 34 Official paper · Official answer key
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