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Navigation A — Coastal — Mashit 30

Coastal navigation on chart 1000 — tides, bearings, currents and beating to windward in tacks. The new bank: open questions, not multiple choice.

72 questions, all open rather than multiple choice. Every question is solved on chart 1000, and comes with the sections of the chart you read the data from.

All questions

  1. Question 1 — Your vessel's draught is 2.3 metres. The Herzliya Marina office offers you a berth on the north side of pontoon E. You w
  2. Question 2 — Your vessel's draught is 2.3 metres. You are moored at pontoon N in Herzliya Marina. You want to move to pontoon B, keep
  3. Question 3 — During a strong northerly storm you are with your vessel about 1 mile north of Hadera harbour, and you have been given p
  4. Question 4 — Outside the western breakwater of Hadera harbour are the two depth contours nearest the breakwater, whose depths are not
  5. Question 5 — Give the characteristics of the two lights on the breakwater heads at the entrance to Kishon Harbour.
  6. Question 6 — On the western side of Rosh Hakarmel (Haifa) there is an area enclosed by a green dashed boundary, with M.N.R. written b
  7. Question 7 — What does the symbol at position 32°23.8'N 034°44.2'E mean?
  8. Question 8 — Give the characteristics of the Akko lighthouse.
  9. Question 9 — According to the chart, what is the range of the change in water level between MLWN and MHWN?
  10. Question 10 — Which chart do you need for more detail of the sailing area between Hadera and Palmahim? Give its catalogue number.
  11. Question 11 — Where on the chart can you find the variation?
  12. Question 12 — At the highest high water that can occur at the entrance to Herzliya Marina in the course of the year, what will the dep
  13. Question 13 — At 07:00 your vessel is at 32°27.8'N 034°50.6'E. From this position she must reach a point 1 cable north of the western
  14. Question 14 — At 08:00 a true bearing of the Mikhmoret lighthouse was 110°. The vessel is on a true course of 180° at 6 knots. At 09:0
  15. Question 15 — At 01:00 a true bearing of the light vessel NOA, at 32°46.4'N 034°55.1'E, was 095°. The true course was 350° and the ves
  16. Question 16 — At 13:30 the light at the end of the Hadera coal jetty and the light at the end of the western breakwater of Hadera harb
  17. Question 17 — At 21:30 your vessel is south of ARIK Island. She is on a true course (TC) of 045° at 5 knots. A south-easterly wind in
  18. Question 18 — Your vessel is a sailing yacht, and at 16:00 she is at 32°20'N 034°20'E. The wind in the area is due east and causes 5°
  19. Question 19 — At 08:00 your vessel is under sail alone, at 32°20'N 034°20'E. The wind is easterly and causes 5° of leeway. The vessel'
  20. Question 20 — At 09:30 a true bearing of the light at the end of the Ashdod Marina breakwater, taken at the exact moment it rose above
  21. Question 21 — At 06:20 your vessel is near the buoy with the characteristic Fl(2)8s, which carries a passive radar reflector (in Haifa
  22. Question 22 — At 08:30 your vessel is at 32°27.8'N 034°50.6'E. She must reach the north-west corner of the Hadera harbour limits at 09
  23. Question 23 — At 08:00 your vessel is 5 miles south of the YONATHAN ISLAND lighthouse. From this position she must reach Tel Aviv Mari
  24. Question 24 — At 11:00 your vessel is west of the Ashdod Marina light. The true course was 200° and the speed 7 knots. At 11:30 a true
  25. Question 25 — At 15:30 your vessel is at 31°57'N 034°20'E. From this position she must reach the entrance of Ashdod harbour under sail
  26. Question 26 — At 17:30 two buoys in Haifa Bay, with the characteristics Fl(2)8s and Mo(A) "HAIFA 1", were in transit. A compass bearin
  27. Question 27 — At 09:30 your vessel is at the north-west corner of closed area No. 30 (near Atlit). True course (TC) 000°, speed throug
  28. Question 28 — At 21:30 a compass transit bearing was taken between two buoys in Haifa Bay with the following characteristics: Mo(A) "H
  29. Question 29 — At 11:55 your vessel is at the pilot boarding place of the Ashkelon oil terminal. She must reach the Ashdod harbour pilo
  30. Question 30 — At 19:15 the north and west cardinal buoys at FROGS ISLAND were in transit. A compass bearing of them was 039°. At the s
  31. Question 31 — Your vessel is a sailing yacht, and at 08:00 she is at the entrance of Herzliya Marina. She must reach the Mikhmoret anc
  32. Question 32 — At 18:00 your vessel is 3 miles south of the YONATHAN ISLAND lighthouse. From this position she must reach, at 22:00, th
  33. Question 33 — At 09:30 your vessel is near the buoy with the characteristic Fl(2)8s, which carries a radar reflector (the buoy is in H
  34. Question 34 — At 09:00 your vessel is at the entrance to Haifa Harbour (the breakwater head). From this position she must pass the buo
  35. Question 35 — At 12:00 a true bearing of the north cardinal buoy of the fish farm north-west of Ashdod harbour was 185°. Your vessel's
  36. Question 36 — At 07:00 your vessel is at the entrance to Jaffa harbour. She must pass the lighthouse on ARIK Island abeam at a range o
  37. Question 37 — At 07:40 Haifa University (charted as University Tower) and the light vessel with the characteristics Fl.G.3s were in tr
  38. Question 38 — At 20:00 the light vessel NOA and the buoy with the characteristics Fl(5)Y.15s were in transit. Their compass bearing wa
  39. Question 39 — At 17:12 the light at the western end of the Coal Jetty at Hadera and the buoy south-west of the jetty, Fl(3).W.23s, wer
  40. Question 40 — At 08:00 you left the anchorage at Akko on a true course (TC) of 235° at a log speed of 4 knots (SOW). After one hour th
  41. Question 41 — At 05:00 the vessel's position by GPS was 32°34'N 034°48'E. A compass bearing of the water tower at Caesarea was 125°. F
  42. Question 42 — At 08:00 your vessel is due west of the west cardinal buoy at FROG ISLANDS, and the range of the buoy at that time was 1
  43. Question 43 — At 08:05 your vessel's position by GPS is 32°40'N 034°20'E. She must reach Tel Aviv Marina. Her speed is 6 knots. The pa
  44. Question 44 — Your vessel leaves Herzliya Marina at 13:00 and must sail to Ashdod Marina. Plan the passage in three courses, without e
  45. Question 45 — At 09:30 your vessel is at 32°20'N 034°40'E. True course (TC) 200°, log speed 5 knots (SOW). At 11:30 a true bearing of
  46. Question 46 — At 21:00 the vessel's position was 32°05'N 034°31.5'E. A compass bearing of Jaffa light was 095°. From the 21:00 positio
  47. Question 47 — At 20:00 the west and south cardinal buoys marking the fish farm off Ashdod were in transit. Their compass bearing was 1
  48. Question 48 — At 01:00 a true bearing of the island at the mouth of Nahal Keziv (the island is at 33°02.5'N 034°05'E) was 091°. The ve
  49. Question 49 — At 16:00 your vessel is 0.5 miles west of the light vessel NOA (Fl.G3s), which lies south of Rosh Hakarmel. The vessel m
  50. Question 50 — At 07:00 your vessel is at 32°00'N 034°20'E. She must reach Jaffa Marina by the shortest route, in two tacks only. The w
  51. Question 51 — At 12:00 your vessel is at 32°50'N 034°50'E. From this position you must sail to Akko anchorage (between the two entranc
  52. Question 52 — At 08:00 your vessel is due south of the YONATHAN ISLAND lighthouse, and the range of the lighthouse at that time was 4
  53. Question 53 — At 08:00 your vessel is close to the buoy with the characteristics Fl(5)Y.15s (the buoy lies south of Rosh Hakarmel). Un
  54. Question 54 — At 04:20 a true bearing of the Har Karmel lighthouse was 145°. The true course was 090° and the speed 6 knots. At 05:00
  55. Question 55 — At 16:00 your vessel is south of the YONATHAN ISLAND lighthouse, at a range of 5 miles from it. From this position a bea
  56. Question 56 — Height of eye above the water is 4 metres. At 08:00 a true bearing was taken of the light on the Ashdod Marina breakwate
  57. Question 57 — At 21:00 your vessel is at 32°28'N 034°51'E. True course (TC) 015°, speed through the water (SOW) 3 knots. At 21:20 a tr
  58. Question 58 — At 08:00 your vessel is south of the south cardinal buoy at FROGS ISLAND, 0.5 miles from the buoy. She must sail to the
  59. Question 59 — At 17:00 your vessel is close to the buoy with the characteristics Fl(2)8s (the buoy is 0.8 miles from the entrance to H
  60. Question 60 — At 19:00 your vessel is on a true course (TC) of 040°. Her speed is 7 knots; the wind in the area is southerly and cause
  61. Question 61 — Your vessel, a sailing yacht, leaves the entrance of Akko Marina at 08:00. The wind in the area is southerly, from due s
  62. Question 62 — Your vessel leaves Ashkelon Marina at 10:00 and must sail to the entrance of Ashdod Marina. Plan the passage by the shor
  63. Question 63 — At 12:00 your vessel is on a true course (TC) of 225°, speed 6 knots. The wind in the area is westerly and causes 5° of
  64. Question 64 — At 22:30 your vessel is at 32°40'N 034°20'E. True course (TC) 000°, speed through the water (SOW) 4 knots. At 03:00 the
  65. Question 65 — Your vessel is a sailing yacht and is at the entrance to Kishon Harbour at 10:00. The wind in the area is from 340° and
  66. Question 66 — At 14:00 your vessel is 10 miles west of the Herzliya Marina light. From this position she must sail to the pilot boardi
  67. Question 67 — At 08:00 a true bearing was taken of the light at the end of the Herzliya Marina breakwater just as it rose above the ho
  68. Question 68 — Your vessel is on a true course (TC) of 275°. At 09:00 a true bearing of the cardinal buoy at FROGS ISLAND indicating th
  69. Question 69 — At 08:00 your vessel is due east of the ARIK Island lighthouse. Her true course (TC) at that time was 024°. A westerly w
  70. Question 70 — At 05:30 your vessel, a sailing yacht, is at 32°15'N 034°05'E. The wind in the area is easterly, from due east, and caus
  71. Question 71 — At 09:00 your vessel is on a true course (TC) of 175°. A true bearing was taken of the buoy at 32°53.1'N 034°58.8'E, whi
  72. Question 72 — At 06:00 the vessel's position by GPS was 32°47.3'N 034°52.9'E. A compass bearing of the light vessel NOA was 111°. From