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Un buque navegando a vela exhibe a proa un cono con el vértice hacia abajo. A efectos del Reglamento de Abordajes, se trata de:A vessel under sail shows forward a cone with its apex down. For the purposes of the Collision Regulations it is:
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Correct answer: a) A power-driven vessel
Why it is correct
The cone shows it is using its engine as well as sails, so it counts as power-driven.
Why the others are not
- b) It has sails, but the running engine removes that status.
- c) That would be ball-diamond-ball.
- d) That would be two balls.
How to work it out in the exam
- Cone down: it has lost its sailing privileges.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2016 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 26 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2016 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 27 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 25
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 25
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