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Navegando de noche cerca de Cabo Estai, distinguimos cada vez más cerca de nuestra proa una luz de color blanca y las dos de costado de otro buque de propulsión mecánica, ¿cuál es la forma correcta de maniobrar?At night near Cabo Estai, we see ever closer ahead a white light and both sidelights of a power-driven vessel. What is the right manoeuvre?
Show the answer
Correct answer: b) As it is head-on, we must turn to starboard to pass on her port side.
Why it is correct
Seeing the masthead light and both sidelights ahead is head-on. Both turn to starboard and pass port to port.
Why the others are not
- a) Not overtaking.
- c) Not crossing.
- d) No one stands on.
How to work it out in the exam
- Head-on: to starboard.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 2 · question 19 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 4 · question 27 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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