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¿Cuándo se considera que un buque A está alcanzando a un buque B?When is vessel A considered to be overtaking vessel B?

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Correct answer: d) Answers b) and c) are correct

Why it is correct

The rules define overtaking by position, not speed. More than 22.5º abaft the beam is exactly the sector where at night only the sternlight shows.

Why the others are not

  • a) Speed does not define it.
  • b) True, but not the only one.
  • c) True, but not the only one.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Overtaking: you see only the sternlight.

Where this question comes from

Regulations

Try it: Right of way

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