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De acuerdo con la Regla 9 del RIPA, “Canales angostos”, navegando en un velero de 6 metros por un canal angosto, tenemos obligación de:Under Rule 9, narrow channels, sailing a 6-metre sailing boat in a narrow channel we must:
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Correct answer: a) Not impede the passage of a vessel that can safely navigate only within the channel.
Why it is correct
Vessels under 20 metres and sailing vessels must not impede one that can only navigate within the channel. You also keep to the starboard side.
Why the others are not
- b) Keep to starboard.
- c) Not only draught.
- d) Not the channel rule.
How to work it out in the exam
- Channel: do not impede the big one.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 2 · question 18 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 4 · question 19 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 9
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 9
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