# Rules Question Worded Correctly

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**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [March 3, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rules-question-worded-correctly/72000 "2025-03-03T16:46:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![PilotPat24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e79b87/32.png) [@PilotPat24](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PilotPat24)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 4:46pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rules-question-worded-correctly/72000/1 "2025-03-03T16:46:35Z")

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Hello,

Is this Rules question worded correctly? Seems to me there may be a typo.

Thanks,

Pat

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**Author:** ![Mm923448](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@Mm923448](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Mm923448)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rules-question-worded-correctly/72000/2 "2025-03-04T00:32:26Z")

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Edited to remove incorrect info

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**Author:** ![Lemurian2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/lemurian2/32/7940_2.png) [@Lemurian2](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Lemurian2)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 1:41am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rules-question-worded-correctly/72000/3 "2025-03-04T01:41:21Z")

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Rule 24  
instead of the light prescribed in Rule 23(a)(i) or (a)(ii), two masthead lights in a vertical line. When the length of the tow, measuring from the stern of the towing vessel to the after end of the tow exceeds 200 meters, three such lights in a vertical line

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**Author:** ![Mm923448](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bcef8e/32.png) [@Mm923448](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Mm923448)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 2:06am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rules-question-worded-correctly/72000/4 "2025-03-04T02:06:21Z")

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Whoops, yeah youre right of course, I got thinking for a second the tow had to be more than 250m.

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**Author:** ![PilotPat24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e79b87/32.png) [@PilotPat24](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PilotPat24)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rules-question-worded-correctly/72000/5 "2025-03-04T02:26:32Z")

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Shouldn’t answer D require four mast lights since the length of the towing vessel is greater than 50m and the length of the tow is greater than 200m?

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**Author:** ![Meme.Lord](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/meme.lord/32/29401_2.png) [@Meme.Lord](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Meme.Lord)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/rules-question-worded-correctly/72000/6 "2025-03-04T13:45:28Z")

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Yeah this question is wrong, a vessel with that light configuration is either:

Tug less than 50, Tow greater than 200  
or  
Tug Greater than 50, Tow less than 200.

Head on, a 55 meter tug with a 200 meter tow would be showing 4 white lights in a vertical line.

The correct answer should be C.