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Según la Regla 35 del RIPA, “Señales acústicas en visibilidad reducida”, en las proximidades o dentro de una zona de visibilidad reducida, ¿qué se identifica mediante una señal consistente en cuatro pitadas cortas?Under Rule 35, in or near restricted visibility, what is identified by four short blasts?
Show the answer
Correct answer: a) A pilot vessel.
Why it is correct
A pilot vessel on duty may add four short blasts to her fog signal to identify herself. It is her sound signature.
Why the others are not
- b) It has no such signal.
- c) One long, two short.
- d) One long, three short.
How to work it out in the exam
- Four short: pilot.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 1 · question 25 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de diciembre · PER Test 3 · question 25 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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