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Divisamos un buque que lleva una marca consistente en un cono con el vértice hacia abajo, se trata de:We sight a vessel showing a shape consisting of a cone with its apex downwards. It is:
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Correct answer: d) A sailing vessel also being propelled by machinery.
Why it is correct
Rule 25 e) requires a vessel under sail that is also using its engine to show a cone, apex down, forward. It warns that, despite the sails, it must be treated as a power-driven vessel.
Why the others are not
- a) Gear over 150 m is shown by a cone with its apex up, towards the gear.
- b) A trawler shows two cones joined at the apexes.
- c) A vessel at anchor shows a ball, not a cone.
How to work it out in the exam
- Remember: a single cone, apex down, forward means sail plus engine.
- Two cones means fishing.
Where this question comes from
- Región de Murcia · 2017 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 25 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2017 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 22 Official paper · Official answer key
- Región de Murcia · 2018 · 1ª convocatoria · PER Tipo 1 · question 26 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2015 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 23 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2015 · 2ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 22 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 25
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 25
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