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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
- Overtaking: you see only the sternlight.
Where this question comes from
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo A · question 24 Official paper · Official answer key
- Junta de Andalucía · 2020 · 3ª convocatoria · PER Modelo B · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 13
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 13
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