Deck : Rules of the Road - 1513/1025
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| BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND Which statement is TRUE concerning the fog signal of a sailing vessel 25 meters in length, anchored in a "special anchorage area" approved by the Secretary? |
| A) The vessel shall sound three blasts on the whistle every 2 minutes. |
| B) The vessel is not required to sound a fog signal. |
| C) The vessel shall ring a bell for 5 seconds every minute. |
| D) The vessel shall sound one blast of the whistle every 2 minutes. |
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| anturov - 2025-08-15 09:30:14 Registered (21) |
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| pbenhoff - 2022-03-12 16:37:10 Member (6) |
| Less than 20m "some signal" @2 minute intervals |
| Marco Polo - 2019-05-30 01:30:20 Member (26) |
| Rule 35j(i) - LESS THAN 20m is not required. Anything greater than that in a special anchorage follows the normal fog signaling rules. |
| Mike123asd5 - 2019-04-23 13:06:22 Member (9) |
| No a signal is not required in these areas i want my 15 back! |
| blackbart - 2018-04-30 10:38:43 Member (1) |
| Rule 35 (g) |
| dfe - 2018-02-27 17:53:09 Member (8) |
| @wbirch is correct. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this question, but it is deliberately designed to deceive the test taker. Special anchorage only ever applies inland and only when a vessel is less than 20 meters or some kind of nondescript craft-- which a sailing vessel is not. So because this is an over 20 meter sailing vessel, inland 35 l (lima) is not applicable. So the thrust of this question is simply that the vessel is "anchored" which means rule 35 g-j (golf through juliett) apply. Those rules only care about length and whether or not you are anchored vs. aground. |
| wbirch - 2018-02-08 10:23:47 Registered (36) |
| There are two key parts we are missing here. 1. This is BOTH international and Inland. So the special anchorage would only apply under international. 2. The Inland exemption for "special anchorage" is for, "...(i) A vessel of less than 20 meters in length; and (ii) A barge, canal boat, scow, or other nondescript craft." It takes dedication to get through these exams, but the shortest route is to lookup the question and find out why the USCG answer is correct, or the most correct. |
| Sailorboy2017 - 2018-01-28 19:04:14 Member (12) |
| Maybe the person who writes some of these questions needs to learn the rules of the road better before writing them. Only 29% of supposedly correct answers (but really incorrect answers) surely speaks for itself. |
| Djardins - 2017-03-14 15:26:12 Member (7) |
| Are only power driven vessels exempt in "special anchorages areas"? Sailboats are still required to use sound and signals? |