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¿Cómo se denomina la maniobra de largar o arriar cabo o cadena?Letting out or lowering line or chain is called:
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Correct answer: a) Paying out (“filar”).
Why it is correct
Paying out is giving line or chain. Heaving in takes it back, weighing raises the anchor.
Why the others are not
- b) Hauling.
- c) Leaving.
- d) Raising.
How to work it out in the exam
- Give chain: pay out.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2020 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 1 · question 4 Official paper · Official answer key
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