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Coordinates — Navigation A — Coastal, Mashit 30

Plotting a given latitude and longitude, or reading a position off the chart. 46 questions need it — 53 sub-questions in all.

All Navigation A — Coastal questions

Chart knowledge

  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 (part c)
  2. Question 7 — What does the symbol at position 32°23.8'N 034°44.2'E mean? (part a)
  3. Question 9 — According to the chart, what is the range of the change in water level between MLWN and MHWN? (part c)
  4. Question 11 — Where on the chart can you find the variation? (part c)

Fixes and compass error

  1. 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 (part b)
  2. 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 (part b)
  3. 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 (part b)
  4. Question 28 — At 21:30 a compass transit bearing was taken between two buoys in Haifa Bay with the following characteristics: Mo(A) "H (part b)
  5. 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 (part b)
  6. Question 37 — At 07:40 Haifa University (charted as University Tower) and the light vessel with the characteristics Fl.G.3s were in tr (part a)
  7. 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 (part b)
  8. 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 (part b)
  9. 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 (part a)
  10. 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 (part a)
  11. 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 (part a)
  12. 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 (part a)
  13. 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 (part a)
  14. 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 (part a)

Running fix

  1. 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 (part b)
  2. 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 (parts a, b)
  3. 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 (part b)
  4. 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 (part b)
  5. 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 (part a)
  6. 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 (parts a, b)
  7. 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 (parts a, b)
  8. 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 (part b)
  9. 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 (part b)
  10. 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 (part b)
  11. 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 (part b)
  12. 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 (parts a, b)

Planning a route in several courses

  1. 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 (part a)
  2. 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 (part a)
  3. 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 (part a)
  4. 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 (part a)

Current

  1. 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 (part a)
  2. 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 (part a)
  3. 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 (part a)
  4. 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 (part a)
  5. 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 (part a)

Beating in tacks

  1. 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° (part a)
  2. 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' (parts a, d)
  3. 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 (part a)
  4. 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 (parts a, d)
  5. 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 (parts a, d)
  6. 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 (part c)
  7. 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 (part a)

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