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Navegando a motor por la vía apropiada de un dispositivo de separación del tráfico, vemos por estribor un buque de propulsión mecánica con un rumbo perpendicular al nuestro, que pretende cruzar el dispositivo, provocando una situación de cruce con riesgo de abordaje. En esta situación:Under power in the proper lane of a traffic separation scheme, we see to starboard a power-driven vessel crossing at right angles, creating a crossing situation with risk. In this case:
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Correct answer: a) We must keep out of the other vessel’s way
Why it is correct
Being in the lane gives no priority over a crossing vessel. The crossing rule applies: whoever has her to starboard gives way.
Why the others are not
- b) The scheme gives no priority.
- c) It does not solve the risk.
- d) Both false.
How to work it out in the exam
- In the scheme, crossing rules still apply.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · Convocatoria de e · PER Modelo A · question 21 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · Convocatoria de e · PER Modelo B · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 10, 15
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 10, 15
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