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El buque ISLA, de propulsión mecánica en navegación, ve dos luces en línea vertical, roja la superior y verde la inferior, y más abajo una única luz verde que no está alineada con las anteriores. Estas luces son de un buque que se aproxima, manteniéndose en marcación 045º Babor. El buque ISLA:Power-driven vessel ISLA sees two lights in a vertical line, red over green, and lower down a single green light not aligned with them. The vessel approaches on a steady bearing of 045º to port. ISLA:
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Correct answer: c) Is the give-way vessel and must keep out of the other’s way
Why it is correct
Red over green at the masthead is a sailing vessel’s optional light. A power vessel keeps clear of sail, even on the port side.
Why the others are not
- a) Not needed.
- b) It is sail: we give way.
- d) They exist.
How to work it out in the exam
- Red over green: sail.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2024 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 26 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2024 · 3ª 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 18, 25
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 18, 25
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