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A la velocidad mínima a la que debe navegar un buque para que pueda ser gobernado se denomina:The minimum speed a vessel must make to be steered is called:

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Correct answer: b) Steerage speed.

Why it is correct

Steerage speed is the minimum for the rudder to answer.

Why the others are not

  • a) Momentum.
  • c) Turning in place.
  • d) Not the term.

How to work it out in the exam

  1. Minimum to steer: steerage speed.

Where this question comes from

Try it: Propeller and rudder

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