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Navegando se observa de manera más inmediata por estribor una boya con forma de cono verde, esto significará que la embarcación está:Under way, the nearest mark to starboard is a green conical buoy. This means the boat is:
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Correct answer: c) Entering port inside the channel.
Why it is correct
In Region A, entering, greens are on starboard. With the green to starboard you are entering inside the channel.
IALA World Regions: Region A covers Europe (including Spain), Africa, Oceania and Asia (except Japan, South Korea and the Philippines); when entering from seaward, keep RED (can) marks to PORT and GREEN (cone) marks to STARBOARD. Region B covers the Americas (North, Central and South), Japan, South Korea and the Philippines; lateral colours are reversed (GREEN to port and RED to starboard when entering), while keeping the same shapes (can to port, cone to starboard) and identical cardinal, isolated danger, safe water and special marks.
Why the others are not
- a) It would be the other side.
- b) Leaving it would be to port.
- d) Black and red.
How to work it out in the exam
- Entering: green to starboard.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 2 · question 13 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2024 · Convocatoria de junio · PER Test 4 · question 17 Official paper · Official answer key
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