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Navegando en zona de visibilidad reducida oímos una pitada larga a intervalos que no exceden de dos minutos. Según lo indicado en la regla 35 del RIPA “Señales acústicas en visibilidad reducida”, ¿de qué buque se trataría?In restricted visibility we hear one prolonged blast at intervals of not more than two minutes. Under Rule 35, it is:
Show the answer
Correct answer: a) A power vessel making way.
Why it is correct
One long every 2 minutes is power making way. Two long is power stopped.
Why the others are not
- b) Long and two short.
- c) A bell.
- d) Two long.
How to work it out in the exam
- One long: power making way.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 2 · question 24 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 4 · question 25 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 35
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 35
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