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Navigation A — Coastal — question 34

At 09:00 your vessel is at the entrance to Haifa Harbour (the breakwater head). From this position she must pass the buoy with the characteristic Fl(4)Y.20s, at 32°50.5'N 034°56.3'E, abeam at a range of 2 miles. The vessel's speed is 6 knots. When this buoy is abeam, alter course to reach the light vessel NOA, at 32°46.4'N 034°55.1'E. Find:

  1. What will the true bearing of the buoy be at the moment of altering course? 220°
  2. The time at which the vessel alters course. 09:35
  3. The two true courses to reach the destination. 310°, 202°

The question is solved on chart 1000. On the site it comes with the relevant sections of the chart.