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BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A tug is towing three manned barges in line in fog. Which signal, if any is the first vessel of the tow required to sound?

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in infinimitsu · Jan 16, 2017

Consider which vessel in this line of vessels this question is referring to. The "first vessel of the tow" is not referring to the tug. It is referring to the first barge in the line of towed vessels. Tricky tricky.

pf pfibkins · Apr 15, 2018

not 34 - which I thought - agree tricky

Ma Marco Polo · May 30, 2019

Just RTFQ

Mi Millenium_King · Oct 26, 2020

Manned barges would sound one prolonged and three short, how is the answer not C?

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BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND A tug is towing three manned barges in line in fog. Which signal, if any is the first vessel of the tow required to sound?

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