BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What shall a...

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What shall a...

Question 1 of 2707066636eeb28f7522a1c51bab5

BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What shall a partly submerged vessel or object being towed, which is not readily noticeable, show?

Question 1 of 27070

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BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND What shall a partly submerged vessel or object being towed, which is not readily noticeable, show?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Towing and pushing lights and shapes under the Navigation Rules • Special requirements for a partly submerged object being towed (different from the towing vessel’s own lights) • Distinction between day shapes and night lights for tows and dredging/obstruction situations

💭 Think About

• Ask yourself: is the question about what the towing vessel shows, or what the object being towed must show? • Consider whether the object is hard to see: what kind of signal would best mark its extremities so other vessels can avoid it at night? • Think about which options are normally used as day shapes versus navigation lights at night.

✅ Before You Answer

• Check in the Towing section of the Navigation Rules for the signals for a partly submerged object or tow exceeding 200 meters in length and for objects not readily noticeable. • Verify which of the choices are lights (used at night) and which are day shapes (used in daylight). • Confirm which signal is intended to mark the ends of an object in tow, rather than to indicate the status of the towing vessel itself.