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Si navegando exclusivamente a vela divisamos justo por la proa una embarcación a riesgo de abordaje, a la que se le divisan dos luces de tope blancas y ambas luces de costado ¿quién debe maniobrar?Sailing purely under sail we sight dead ahead a boat with risk of collision, showing two white masthead lights and both sidelights. Who must manoeuvre?
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Correct answer: a) The other vessel
Why it is correct
The lights are those of a power vessel. We are under sail, so it keeps clear.
Why the others are not
- b) Those lights do not mean restricted in ability to manoeuvre.
- c) Head-on applies between two power vessels.
- d) Head-on applies between two power vessels.
How to work it out in the exam
- Check first how you are sailing: here, under sail alone.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2021 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 21 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2021 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 19 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 18, 23
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 18, 23
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