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Nos encontramos navegando cerca de la costa, de día y con buena visibilidad, con nuestra embarcación de recreo. En ese momento avistamos con los prismáticos una embarcación que muestra, en el lugar más visible de la misma, tres bolas en línea vertical. De acuerdo con la Regla 30 del RIPA, en esta situación debemos entender que se trata de una embarcación:Sailing near the coast by day, we see through binoculars a vessel showing three balls in a vertical line. Under Rule 30, she is:
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Correct answer: a) Aground.
Why it is correct
Three balls in a line is aground. Not under command is two, at anchor one.
Why the others are not
- b) Balls in a cross.
- c) Two.
- d) One.
How to work it out in the exam
- Three balls: aground.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2026 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 1 · question 22 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2026 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 2 · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 30
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 30
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