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Si nos encontramos navegando en una embarcación de 6 metros de eslora a motor con velocidad avante inmersos en una zona de corriente marina que nos incide por el costado de babor:In a 6-metre motor boat making way ahead, in a current setting on the port side:

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Correct answer: a) We move “on” that body of water, and the final track combines the current’s set with the boat’s true course.

Why it is correct

The current moves the whole body of water and the boat goes with it. The track is the sum of course and current.

Why the others are not

  • b) It does not turn the boat.
  • c) Leeway is from wind.
  • d) It affects all.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Current: add vectors.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Navigation calculations

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