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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
- Sail in fog: long and two short.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2015 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 18 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 35
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 35
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