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Position relative to a mark — Navigation A — Coastal, Mashit 30

“X miles west of…”, “due south of…”: a direction from the mark and a distance from it. 17 questions need it — 17 sub-questions in all.

All Navigation A — Coastal questions

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 c)
  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 a)
  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 b)
  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 b)

Running fix

  1. 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 a)
  2. 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 a)
  3. 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 a)

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 23 — At 08:00 your vessel is 5 miles south of the YONATHAN ISLAND lighthouse. From this position she must reach Tel Aviv Mari (part a)
  3. 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 (part c)
  4. 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 (part a)

Current

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

Beating in tacks

  1. 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 (part a)

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