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Nos encontramos navegando con nuestra embarcación de recreo cerca de la costa, de día y con buena visibilidad, y avistamos con los prismáticos que un buque mercante lleva izado un cilindro. De acuerdo con la Regla 28 del RIPA debemos entender que está:Near the coast by day in good visibility, we see through binoculars a merchant ship with a cylinder hoisted. Under Rule 28 she is:
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Correct answer: d) Constrained by her draught.
Why it is correct
A cylinder marks a vessel constrained by her draught. We must avoid impeding her.
Why the others are not
- a) Two balls.
- b) Three balls.
- c) One ball.
How to work it out in the exam
- Cylinder: draught.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2026 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 1 · question 26 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2026 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 3 · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 28
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 28
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