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Según lo indicado en las Reglas 32 “Definiciones” y 34 “Señales de maniobra y advertencia” del RIPA, si estando a bordo de nuestra embarcación a motor queremos indicarle a otra embarcación, que se encuentra a la vista, nuestra intención de maniobrar dando atrás, ¿qué señal acústica debemos realizar?Under Rules 32 and 34, on our motor boat, to show another vessel in sight that we are going astern, what sound signal do we give?
Show the answer
Correct answer: a) Three blasts of about 1 second each.
Why it is correct
Three short blasts mean engines astern. A short blast lasts about one second.
Why the others are not
- b) Not the signal.
- c) Those would be long.
- d) In sight they are given.
How to work it out in the exam
- Three short: astern.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 2 · question 22 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2025 · Convocatoria de noviembre · PER Test 4 · question 26 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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