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Navegando sin radar en condiciones de visibilidad reducida se oye la señal de niebla de un buque del que no tenemos conocimiento previo. Si dicha señal parece escucharse por la amura de babor, ¿qué debemos hacer?Sailing without radar in restricted visibility, we hear the fog signal of an unknown vessel. If it seems to come from the port bow, what do we do?
Show the answer
Correct answer: a) Reduce speed to minimum steerage and, if necessary, take off all way
Why it is correct
Hearing a fog signal forward of the beam, slow to minimum steerage. Not knowing where the other is, do not turn blindly.
Why the others are not
- b) Slow, do not turn.
- c) You must slow.
- d) b is false.
How to work it out in the exam
- Fog signal ahead: slow.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 18 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 18 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 19
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 19
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