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En relación con la influencia que el viento o la corriente ejercen en la navegación de una embarcación, señale la afirmación CORRECTA.On the influence of wind or current on a boat’s navigation, mark the CORRECT statement.

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Correct answer: a) In a current, the boat follows a track resulting from her course and speed and the set and rate of the water she floats in.

Why it is correct

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

Why the others are not

  • b) It acts on the topsides and pushes to leeward.
  • c) Not so.
  • d) If crabbing, the track differs.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Current: vector sum.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Navigation calculations

Pending instructor review. Machine translation, not reviewed.