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Si tenemos suficiente resguardo de seguridad entre la embarcación y la costa u otro escollo, navegando en condiciones desfavorables en las que el viento y el oleaje, así como la corriente tiende a echarnos sobre el peligro, ¿qué expresión utilizaremos?If we have enough safety margin between the boat and the coast or another hazard, in poor conditions where wind, waves and current tend to set us onto the danger, what expression do we use?

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Correct answer: d) Clear to leeward.

Why it is correct

The danger lies where you are being pushed: to leeward.

Why the others are not

  • a) The danger is not ahead.
  • b) The danger is not astern.
  • c) Windward is where the wind comes from.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. A lee shore: the most dangerous.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Decisions on board

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