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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
- One short: starboard. Two: port.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de octubre · PER Test 1 · question 24 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de octubre · PER Test 3 · question 18 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 34
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 34
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