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Regla 14 del RIPA -Situación "de vuelta encontrada": En su apartado “b= esta regla indica que “se considerará que tal situación existe cuando un buque vea a otro por…”Rule 14(b): a head-on situation is deemed to exist when a vessel sees the other:
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Correct answer: a) Ahead or nearly ahead.
Why it is correct
Head-on is seeing the other ahead or nearly. At night her masthead lights line up and both sidelights show.
Why the others are not
- b) Not that.
- c) Not that.
- d) Crossing.
How to work it out in the exam
- Head-on: ahead.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2017 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 14
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 14
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