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Como práctica habitual, una embarcación con un solo ancla se aproximará a la zona de fondeo:As usual practice, a boat with a single anchor approaches the anchorage:

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Correct answer: d) Head to wind with way ahead.

Why it is correct

You arrive head to wind with some way on to steer. Once stopped, let go and the wind drops the boat back.

Why the others are not

  • a) Approach head to wind.
  • b) Not the practice.
  • c) Not the practice.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Head to wind, with steerage.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Knots and lines

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