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En relación con la Regla 26 de la parte C del RIPA sobre “Luces y Marcas”, si durante la navegación diurna divisamos una embarcación que exhibe, en el lugar más visible, dos marcas: la primera marca consistente en dos conos unidos por sus vértices en línea vertical, uno sobre el otro; y la segunda, un cono con el vértice hacia arriba, ¿de qué tipo de embarcación se trata?Under Rule 26, by day we see a vessel showing two cones points together in a vertical line and a cone point up. What vessel is it?
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Correct answer: b) A vessel fishing, not trawling, with gear extending more than 150 metres.
Why it is correct
Two cones points together mean fishing. The cone point up shows the side of gear over 150 metres.
Why the others are not
- a) A trawler lacks the extra cone.
- c) A cylinder.
- d) Cone point down.
How to work it out in the exam
- Cones together + cone up: long gear.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 1 · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 2 · question 27 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 26
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 26
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