Deck : Rules of the Road - 272/1025
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| BOTH INTERNATIONAL & INLAND You are on a vessel heading due south and see the lights shown in illustration D051RR below, one point on the port bow. What direction could this vessel be heading? |
| A) NW |
| B) SE |
| C) SW |
| D) NE |
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Illustration D051RR
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| Topcat - 2024-01-12 00:36:39 Registered (4) |
| Only way I can see that being 315 degree is if the vessel is a 50 meter or greater as in the picture on page 38 of the handbook. However why the top white light is not behind the green still baffles me. |
| alijan - 2023-10-19 05:50:53 Registered (790) |
| They handle the logistics of moving, allowing customers to focus on other aspects of their transition. Threemovers |
| golivi - 2019-04-27 06:04:12 Member (37) |
| The posted answer is correct...draw it out. You are heading 180 degrees and the contact bears 169 degrees (given that it is one point to port). You will only see the contact's green sidelight if he is heading straight at you (his heading of 349 degrees) or through a 112.5 degree arc to 236.5 degrees. The only choice in this range is NW or 315 degrees. IF the contact were indeed heading SW (225 degrees) she would have a starboard 124 degree angle on the bow, and would therefore be showing her stern light to you, not her sidelight. |
| Mike123asd5 - 2019-04-24 13:48:09 Member (9) |
| She should be heading south west! |
| mitchpadl - 2019-03-15 10:17:19 Member (2) |
| Don't get this one. Sure seems like it would be moving SW |
| dcreasoner - 2015-09-30 19:24:13 Member (18) |
| although it seems the green would be to the right of the whites. |