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Dipping range — Navigation A — Coastal, Mashit 30

2.1 × (√H + √h): the distance at which a light rises over the horizon. 6 questions need it — 6 sub-questions in all.

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Chart knowledge

  1. 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 (part c)
  2. 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 (part d)

Fixes and compass error

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

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