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Navegando en un velero de 6 metros por un canal angosto, vemos aproximarse de vuelta encontrada a un portacontenedores de 100 metros de eslora. De acuerdo con la regla 9 del RIPA, “Canales angostos”, en general se deberá:Sailing a 6-metre yacht in a narrow channel, we see a 100-metre container ship approaching head-on. Under Rule 9, in general we must:

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Correct answer: a) Not impede the container ship’s passage.

Why it is correct

A small sailing boat must not impede a vessel that can only navigate in the channel. Keep to the starboard side of the channel.

Why the others are not

  • b) Pass port to port.
  • c) Not the signal.
  • d) It is the starboard side.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Channel: do not impede, keep right.

Where this question comes from

Regulations

Try it: Right of way

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