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Según la Regla 35.g del RIPA, un buque que emite tres pitadas consecutivas, a saber, una corta, una larga y una corta, indica que se trata de:Under Rule 35(g), a vessel giving three blasts in succession, short, long and short, indicates:
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Correct answer: b) A vessel at anchor warning an approaching vessel of her position and possible collision.
Why it is correct
A vessel at anchor may sound short, long, short to warn an approaching vessel. It flags her position and the risk.
Why the others are not
- a) No such signal.
- c) Not that.
- d) Not that.
How to work it out in the exam
- Short-long-short: anchored warning.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 3 · question 25 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 4 · question 22 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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