Class 5 multi Flashcards
One nautical mile is equal to:
1 minute of latitude as shown on a Mercator chart at your approximate position.
A large-scale nautical chart shows:
A relatively small area.
It is night. You see a vessel showing two all round lights in a vertical line, the upper being white and the lower red, with a red side light also visible. What is this?
A vessel engaged on pilotage duty, underway.
You wish to correct your book of Charts for Local Vessels – Hong Kong Waters, published by Marine Department. Where would you find the latest information?
Hong Kong Hydrographic Office Notices to Mariners.
It is night. You are in a buoyed channel and proceeding against the Direction of Buoyage. You sight right ahead a red light flashing (3) every 5 seconds. You wish to stay in the buoyed channel. Which side of the light do you pass?
Leave it to starboard.
It is getting dark, there is low cloud and the wind is strong. You can see other boats. You are in distress and have a selection of flares. Which is the best one to use?
A handheld red.
You sight right ahead a steady yellow light immediately above a steady white light. What are you probably looking at?
The stern of a vessel towing another vessel.
Distance on a Mercator projection chart is measured from:
The latitude scales up and down the sides of the chart.
You are taking a fix with your hand-bearing compass and record a landmark at a bearing of 155 degrees. Local Variation is 3 degrees West. What True bearing do you plot on your chart?
152 degrees T
CADET Compass add east to get true
You calculate your required heading to be 272 degrees T. Deviation on this approximate heading is shown on your Deviation Card to be 4 degrees East. Local Variation is 2 degrees West. What heading do you ask the helmsman to steer?
270 degrees C
