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De acuerdo con la Regla 34.c del RIPA, cuando dos buques se encuentran a la vista uno del otro en un paso o canal angosto y uno de ellos emite dos pitadas largas seguidas de una corta, significa que el buque emisor de las señales:Under Rule 34(c), when two vessels in sight in a narrow channel and one gives two prolonged blasts followed by one short, the sender:

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Correct answer: a) Is the overtaking vessel, intending to overtake on the other’s starboard side.

Why it is correct

Two long and one short: I intend to overtake on your starboard side. Two long and two short: on your port side.

Why the others are not

  • b) Two short.
  • c) The overtaker sends it.
  • d) The overtaker sends it.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. One short: starboard. Two: port.

Where this question comes from

Regulations

Try it: Sound signals

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