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Una marcación es:A relative bearing (marcación) is:

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Correct answer: c) The angle between the boat’s fore-and-aft line and the line of sight to an object

Why it is correct

A relative bearing is measured from the boat’s bow. From north you measure a bearing.

Why the others are not

  • a) It is not a danger.
  • b) That is a bearing.
  • d) That is a true bearing.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. From the bow: relative bearing.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Navigation calculations

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