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BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You see a red sidelight bearing NW (315°). That vessel may be heading in which direction?
A) east (090°)
B) northwest (315°)
C) southwest (225°)
D) west (270°)
Posted: 07 Sep 2018 15:24 UTC  Post #1
drewa2100
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Can someone explain this?

Posted: 18 Feb 2019 20:08 UTC  Post #2
Bmartin22
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Ok so what is your current heading????? Stupid question!!!!! I can only see this vessel as either traveling northwest or west given that you apparently don’t know your own direction according to how the question is worded.
Posted: 22 Feb 2019 20:38 UTC  Post #3
disco
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Easiest way I found to do these problems is draw them out, then compare each answer for the best answer. Your current heading doesn't matter to solve the question, so I just draw it like I bear 000.

For a vessel headed 090 bearing 315 from me, I would expect just a green sidelight; for the other wrong answers, I would more likely expect to see just a stern light, compared to the correct answer (the answer where the vessel's most likely to show exactly what I'm seeing).
Posted: 30 Mar 2020 18:19 UTC  Post #4
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this is how I do these problems: reciprocal heading to 315 is 135. to see the red light I must be 0-112.5 degrees of that vessel. therefore, the range is 135-247. 225 fits within that range.
Posted: 28 Nov 2020 18:06 UTC  Post #5
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You don't need to know your vessels heading if they give you the bearing
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