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Según la Regla 24.g del RIPA, todo buque u objeto remolcado, poco visible y parcialmente sumergido y toda combinación de buques u objetos en los que se den esas mismas circunstancias, cuando su anchura sea igual o superior a 25 metros, exhibirá:Under Rule 24(g), a towed vessel or object, hard to see and partly submerged, 25 metres or more wide, shows:
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Correct answer: a) Two extra all-round white lights at or near the extremities of its breadth.
Why it is correct
If the towed object is wide, its ends are marked with all-round white lights. That shows its breadth.
Why the others are not
- b) They are steady.
- c) They are white.
- d) White and steady.
How to work it out in the exam
- Wide object: whites at the ends.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2020 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 5 · question 23 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 24
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 24
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