You are on a large vessel fitted with a right-handed controllable-pitch propeller. When making large speed changes while decreasing pitch, which statement is TRUE? |
A) You may lose rudder control until the ship's speed has dropped to correspond to propeller speed. |
B) You will probably have full directional control throughout the speed change. |
C) The stern will immediately slew to starboard due to unbalanced forces acting on the propeller. |
D) The stern will immediately slew to port due to unbalanced forces acting on the propeller. |