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Nos encontramos a bordo de una embarcación a motor a rumbo 359º y tenemos otra embarcación que navega a rumbo opuesto 179º, con riesgo de abordaje, ¿cómo ha de resolverse la situación de vuelta encontrada?Aboard a motor boat on course 359º, another boat steers the opposite course 179º with risk of collision. How is this head-on situation resolved?
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Correct answer: d) Each turns to starboard to pass on the other’s port side.
Why it is correct
Opposite courses with risk is head-on. Both turn to starboard and pass port to port.
Why the others are not
- a) It is to starboard.
- b) Both act.
- c) No deal: both to starboard.
How to work it out in the exam
- Head-on: both to starboard.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 2 · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 4 · question 22 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 14
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 14
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