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POVL-WK5
MARINE LICENSE - HK - WK5
Question | Answer |
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"question | answer" |
"What is Latitude? | Measure Degrees and Minutes, North and South from the equator, 0 to 90...lie on the parallel of latitude" |
"What is Longitude? | Measure Degrees and Minutes, East and West of Greenwich Meridian, 0 to 180, lie on the meridian of longitude" |
"Latitude spoken (?) | First" |
"1 minute of Latutude = (?) | 1 Sea Mile = 1 nautical mile = 6076.6ft = 1852m" |
"Use to measure distance | Latitude, NEVER Longitude" |
"Which chart scale to use? | Largest scale is always to be used" |
"Bearing? | Direction from one object to another and is always described as from the point of sighting to the object being looked at" |
"Relative bearing | Given relative to ships heading" |
"Course | Intended heading" |
"Track | Path followed" |
"Magnetic Variation | The effect on compass due to earths magnetic field" |
"Magnetic Deviation | The effect on compass due to vessel's magnetic field" |
"Water Track | Leeway effect, 1 arrow >" |
"Ground Track | Direction of movement, 2 arrows >>" |
"Current | Direction of movement due to tide or current 3 arrows >>>" |
"Chart yellow, blue, white, green | Land, water, water, drying heights" |
"Drying heights | Top of object (rock) as measured to Chart datum, just below lowest tide" |
"Compass points | 32, 11.25 degrees or 1 point" |
"Masthead light | White light placed over fore and aft centerline, 225 deg, Vessel under Power" |
"Sidelights | Green starboard, red port, 112.5 deg" |
"Sternlights | White light close to stern, 135 deg" |
"Towing light | Yellow light on stern" |
"All around light | 360 deg" |
"Flashing light | 120 flashes per minute" |
"Underway | Capable of moving, not at anchor, not aground, not made fast @ shore" |
"Making way | Moving" |
"Red || Green (if oppose) | Danger" |
"Light ?, Power Driven vessels less than 7m and less than 7 knots | One all round white light" |
"Light ?, Power Driven vessels less than 12m and under power | One all round withe light and 2 side lights" |
"Light ?, Power Driven vessels less than 50m and under power | I mast head light, 2 side lights, 1 stern light" |
"Light ?, Power Driven vessels 50m + and under power | 2 mast head lights, 2 side lights, 1 stern light" |
"Towing 200 meter or less | Yellow stern light on towing vessel, no white light on towed vessel" |
"Towing more than 200m | Yellow stern light on towing vessel, and 3 white lights...no white light on towed vessel" |
"Towing more than 200m at day | 2 Black diamonds, one each vessel" |