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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

  1. Pilot: white over red.

Where this question comes from

Regulations

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