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En una emergencia, el abandono de la embarcación se efectuará preferentemente por:In an emergency, the boat should preferably be abandoned from:

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Correct answer: a) Windward.

Why it is correct

You leave from windward because the boat drifts to leeward, away from anyone in the water.

Why the others are not

  • b) What counts is the wind, not the end of the boat.
  • c) What counts is the wind, not the end of the boat.
  • d) The boat would drift down onto the people in the water.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Think where the boat will drift and do not put yourself in its path.

Where this question comes from

Regulations

Try it: Procedures

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