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Practice by question type — Navigation A — Coastal, Mashit 30

One question at a time, of the kind you choose. Questions you have not marked yet come first, then the ones that came out wrong.

  • Chart knowledge — 12 questions. Short questions with no story first: read it off the chart or answer from knowledge — lights, buoys, depths, symbols and terms.
  • Fixes and compass error — 15 questions. An observation at one moment — two marks in line, a light rising over the horizon, or a known position and a compass bearing. From it you find where the ship is, and the compass error.
  • Running fix — 12 questions. Two bearings at two times, a course and a speed — and no position. The first line is moved along the distance the ship ran.
  • Planning a route in several courses — 9 questions. “in two courses” or “three”, the shortest way, and a condition that sets where to turn. No wind, no current.
  • Current — 12 questions. A current is given, or the sub-questions ask you to find it. The current triangle separates what you steer from what the ship makes over the ground.
  • Beating in tacks — 12 questions. “under sail only” and “can point X° to the wind”: two courses from the wind, leeway on each tack, and the turn where they cross.

All Navigation A — Coastal questions · Mock exam