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Navegando de noche en la Ría de Vigo, visualizamos por proa, cada vez más cerca, únicamente una luz blanca de navegación de otro buque de propulsión mecánica, ¿cuál es la forma correcta de maniobrar?At night in the Ría de Vigo we see ahead, ever closer, only one white navigation light of a power-driven vessel. What is the right manoeuvre?
Show the answer
Correct answer: a) As it is overtaking, we must keep clear of the other boat and act accordingly.
Why it is correct
A single white light closing ahead is the sternlight of the vessel in front. We are overtaking and must keep clear.
Why the others are not
- b) We would see sidelights.
- c) We would see one sidelight.
- d) We give way.
How to work it out in the exam
- Only white ahead: you are overtaking.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2023 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 2 · question 21 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2023 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 4 · question 18 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 13
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 13
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