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Navegamos en visibilidad reducida y detectamos únicamente por medio del radar un buque por el través de babor. Si la demora del buque detectado se mantiene constante y la distancia disminuye:In restricted visibility we detect by radar alone a vessel on the port beam. If its bearing stays constant and range falls:
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Correct answer: c) We must act in good time and, if altering, avoid turning to port as far as possible
Why it is correct
Rule 19(d): do not turn towards it.
Why the others are not
- a) Without sight there is no stand-on.
- b) To starboard you turn away.
- d) That is on hearing a signal forward.
How to work it out in the exam
- To port: not to port.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2024 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 27 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2024 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 27 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 19
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 19
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