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Si navegando de día y con buena visibilidad con nuestra embarcación de 22 metros de eslora sufrimos una avería en nuestro sistema de gobierno, de tal manera que nos quedamos sin la posibilidad de maniobrar con medios propios, de acuerdo con la Regla 27 del RIPA debemos:By day in good visibility, our 22-metre boat suffers a steering failure and cannot manoeuvre under her own means. Under Rule 27 we must:
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Correct answer: d) Hoist two balls (or similar shapes) in a vertical line where best seen.
Why it is correct
Not under command by day: two balls. By night it would be two red lights.
Why the others are not
- a) That is at night.
- b) Three balls: aground.
- c) The cylinder is draught.
How to work it out in the exam
- NUC: two balls.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 1 · question 24 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 3 · question 27 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 27
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 27
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