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Si se debe navegar a lo largo de un paso o canal angosto, siempre que se pueda hacer sin que entrañe peligro, ¿cómo se debe hacer, según la Regla 9.a del RIPA?When navigating along a narrow channel, if safe, how must it be done under Rule 9(a)?
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Correct answer: d) Keeping as near as possible to the outer limit of the channel on her starboard side.
Why it is correct
In a narrow channel keep to the starboard edge. Oncoming vessels then pass port to port.
Why the others are not
- a) Depends on direction.
- b) Depends on direction.
- c) To starboard.
How to work it out in the exam
- Channel: keep right.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2021 · Convocatoria de febrero · PER Test 5 · question 20 Official paper · Official answer key
Regulations
- IMO: Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972 (COLREGs) · Rule 9
- RIPA, consolidated text (BOE) · Rule 9
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