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De acuerdo con la Regla 35.a) del RIPA, en las proximidades o dentro de una zona de visibilidad reducida y navegando de día, un buque de propulsión mecánica, con arrancada, emitirá:Under Rule 35(a), in or near restricted visibility by day, a power-driven vessel making way sounds:
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Correct answer: b) One prolonged blast at intervals of not more than two minutes.
Why it is correct
A power vessel making way sounds one prolonged blast at most every two minutes. Day or night.
Why the others are not
- a) It is prolonged.
- c) Prolonged, every two.
- d) Every two.
How to work it out in the exam
- Power making way: long every 2 min.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 2 · question 22 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 4 · question 21 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 35
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 35
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