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Estamos dando alcance a una embarcación de práctico en navegación. ¿Qué luces veremos?:We are overtaking a pilot vessel under way. What lights do we see?
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Correct answer: a) Sternlight and two all-round lights in a vertical line, white over red
Why it is correct
A pilot vessel shows all-round white over red. Being under way and seen from astern, her sternlight also shows.
Why the others are not
- b) The order is reversed.
- c) The sternlight is missing.
- d) Wrong order and no sternlight.
How to work it out in the exam
- Pilot: white over red.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2022 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 26 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2022 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 27 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 21
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 21
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