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Nos encontramos navegando en un punto del Océano Índico situado entre Indonesia y Australia, inmersos en un ciclón tropical, con un viento cuya fuerza va en aumento y rolando en sentido horario. En esta situación la maniobra más razonable que debemos efectuar es:We are sailing in the Indian Ocean between Indonesia and Australia, in a tropical cyclone, with the wind increasing and veering clockwise. The most reasonable manoeuvre is:

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Correct answer: b) Proceed at full power on a course with the wind on the port quarter. Keep turning to starboard as the wind veers, until we gradually leave the area of influence.

Why it is correct

We are in the Southern Hemisphere. Wind veering clockwise: right semicircle, the navigable one. We escape with the wind on the port quarter.

Why the others are not

  • a) That is for a dangerous semicircle in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • c) That is the wrong quarter, and without power.
  • d) It does not take us away from the centre.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Hemisphere first. In the south, clockwise: right and navigable.
  2. South navigable: wind on the port quarter. North navigable: on the starboard quarter.

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