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Entrando en puerto vemos un castillete de color verde con una banda ancha horizontal roja en medio. Para tomar el canal principal debemos:Entering harbour we see a green pillar mark with a broad red horizontal band in the middle. To take the main channel we must:
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Correct answer: a) Leave the mark to starboard
Why it is correct
It is a modified starboard mark, green with a red band. Leave it to starboard like any green, and the main channel continues to port of it.
IALA World Regions: Region A covers Europe (including Spain), Africa, Oceania and Asia (except Japan, South Korea and the Philippines); when entering from seaward, keep RED (can) marks to PORT and GREEN (cone) marks to STARBOARD. Region B covers the Americas (North, Central and South), Japan, South Korea and the Philippines; lateral colours are reversed (GREEN to port and RED to starboard when entering), while keeping the same shapes (can to port, cone to starboard) and identical cardinal, isolated danger, safe water and special marks.
Why the others are not
- b) That takes you into the secondary channel.
- c) That is exactly what it indicates.
- d) The mark is enough by itself.
How to work it out in the exam
- Treat it by its main colour: green, to starboard.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2016 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2016 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.