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Un buque de vela en navegación en situación de visibilidad reducida emitirá:A sailing vessel under way in restricted visibility sounds:

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Correct answer: c) At intervals of not more than two minutes, three blasts: one prolonged followed by two short.

Why it is correct

A sailing vessel sounds one long and two short, like vessels limited in manoeuvring. One or two long blasts are for power vessels.

Why the others are not

  • a) Power stopped.
  • b) Power making way.
  • d) Vessel towed.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Sail in fog: long and two short.

Where this question comes from

Regulations

Try it: Sound signals

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