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Para indicar que hay que pasar al oeste de un peligro, se utilizará una marca de color:To show that you must pass west of a danger, a mark is coloured:
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Correct answer: d) Yellow with a broad black horizontal band
Why it is correct
Passing west is shown by the west cardinal. It is yellow with a black band, since its cones point towards each other, to the middle.
IALA World Regions: Region A covers Europe (including Spain), Africa, Oceania and Asia (except Japan, South Korea and the Philippines); when entering from seaward, keep RED (can) marks to PORT and GREEN (cone) marks to STARBOARD. Region B covers the Americas (North, Central and South), Japan, South Korea and the Philippines; lateral colours are reversed (GREEN to port and RED to starboard when entering), while keeping the same shapes (can to port, cone to starboard) and identical cardinal, isolated danger, safe water and special marks.
Why the others are not
- a) That is the north cardinal.
- b) That is the south cardinal.
- c) That is the east cardinal.
How to work it out in the exam
- The cones point to the black.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2023 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 16 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2023 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 17 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
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