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De acuerdo a la Regla 19 del RIPA, conducta de los buques en condiciones de visibilidad reducida:Under Rule 19, conduct in restricted visibility:
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Correct answer: c) Sailing vessels proceed at a safe speed adapted to the circumstances.
Why it is correct
In restricted visibility every vessel, sailing ones too, goes at safe speed. Power vessels also keep engines ready.
Why the others are not
- a) Safe speed.
- b) They must act.
- d) Act in good time.
How to work it out in the exam
- Fog: all at safe speed.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de octubre · PER Test 1 · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de octubre · PER Test 3 · question 25 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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