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Entrando en puerto por un canal balizado vemos una marca que emite una luz consistente en un grupo de 2 + 1 destellos verdes. Si queremos seguir por el canal principal, dejaremos esta marca por nuestra banda de:Entering port along a buoyed channel we see a mark showing a group of 2 + 1 green flashes. If we want to stay in the main channel, we leave this mark on our:
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Correct answer: b) Starboard side
Why it is correct
Green 2 + 1: a bifurcation with the main channel to port. It is a green mark, so it stays to starboard.
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
- a) Leaving it to port would take you into the secondary channel.
- c) The mark shows the bifurcation, not a mistake.
- d) Option b) is correct.
How to work it out in the exam
- Treat it by its main colour: green, starboard.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · Convocatoria de e · PER Modelo A · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · Convocatoria de e · PER Modelo B · question 15 Official paper · Official answer key
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