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Recalando de noche, avistamos por el través de babor una luz verde con un ritmo en grupos de (2+1) destello y por el través de estribor una luz verde centelleante continua, ¿por dónde navega la embarcación?Making landfall at night, we sight abeam to port a green light with groups of (2+1) flashes and abeam to starboard a continuous quick green light. Where is the boat sailing?
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Correct answer: b) In a secondary channel.
Why it is correct
The green 2 + 1 mark is left to starboard to stay in the main channel. With it to port we are in the secondary, and the other green light is that channel’s starboard mark.
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) In the main channel, that mark would be to starboard.
- c) A cardinal has a white light.
- d) Isolated danger has a white light.
How to work it out in the exam
- Green lights can only be lateral or bifurcation marks.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 1 · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 3 · question 14 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.