Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Quiz
Chartwork and passage planning: 7 Questions
The Chartwork and passage planning Questions
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This course to steer covers a two-hour passage, with both hours of tide laid off from the start. How long is the line marked with a question mark, struck from the end of the tide to the ground track? -
On a 12-hour crossing the tide sets you east for six hours, then west for six. To work out one course to steer for the whole crossing, what tidal set do you allow for? -
You want a water track of 250°T. The wind is from the south and you expect 10° of leeway. What course do you steer? -
A marina sill dries 1.2 m. You draw 1.8 m and want 1.0 m under the keel. Reading this curve, between what times can you cross the sill? -
The course drawn on the chart is 084°T. Using the variation shown and this deviation curve, what course do you steer by the ship's compass? -
SOLAS V regulation 34 applies to every vessel that goes to sea, small yachts included. What does it require of the skipper? -
You are making a night landfall on this light, charted with a range of 18M. Tonight the visibility is about 2 miles. At what distance should you expect to pick it up?