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Suponiendo la existencia de viento por la amura, para corregir el abatimiento y finalmente hacer un rumbo de superficie deseado:With wind on the bow, to correct for leeway and make good the desired water track:
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Correct answer: a) Alter the true course opposite to the leeway.
Why it is correct
The wind pushes us to leeward. Compensate by setting the true course to windward, opposite to leeway.
Why the others are not
- b) Worsens it.
- c) Not so.
- d) Toward the wind.
How to work it out in the exam
- Leeway: correct the other way.
Where this question comes from
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 1 · question 39 Official paper · Official answer key
- Ministerio de Transportes (Madrid) · 2022 · Convocatoria de abril · PER Test 2 · question 38 Official paper · Official answer key
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