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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
- Channel: do not impede, keep right.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 1 · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 3 · question 26 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 9
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 9
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