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El buque que "Sigue a rumbo":The stand-on vessel:
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Correct answer: a) May alter course if that avoids a collision.
Why it is correct
Rule 17 requires keeping course and speed, but allows action when the other is not acting, and requires it if the other alone cannot avoid collision.
Why the others are not
- b) Never is false: Rule 17 provides for manoeuvring.
- c) Normally it holds its course.
- d) There is no such duty.
How to work it out in the exam
- Be wary of absolutes such as never or always.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2019 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 21 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2021 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 21 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 17
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 17
Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.