How is your Seamanship knowledge and Understanding?

 

 

 

 

Q2. You are in a vessel steering in a westerly direction and see this buoy ahead of you. Do you

 

A - keep it on your starboard side.

 

B - keep it on your port side.

 

C - pass it with it on either side.

Q3. Correctly name these navigational marks in the order E, F, G, H. Is it

 

A - Isolated Danger, Starboard, Port, Safe Water

 

B - Port, Isolated Danger, Safe Water, Starboard

 

C - Safe Water, Starboard, Port, Isolated Danger

 

D - Isolated Danger, Port, Starboard, Safe Water

Q4. You are in a vessel proceeding from the west end of Plymouth Breakwater and heading in to Plymouth Sound intending to dock at Millbay. You see this buoy ahead of you. Which is the correct action to take?

 

A - pass this buoy keeping it on your port side.

 

B - pass this buoy keeping it on your starboard side.

 

C - pass this buoy keeping it on either side.

Q5. Name these types of anchor in the order A1, B2, C3. Is the correct order

 

A - CQR, Danforth, Grapnel

 

B - Danforth, CQR, Grapnel

 

C - Grapnel, CQR, Danforth

Q6. These anchors have the following qualities

 

1 - Easy to stow flat, hard to break out of mud, good for sand

2 - Hard to stow, good for mud, high hold to weight ratio

3 - Easy to stow, poor on sand and mud, good for rocky boulders

 

Can you match the anchors to the qualities in the order 1,2,3 ? Is it

 

A      K, M, L

B      M, K, L

C    L, K, M

 

 

Q7. These are three commonly used knots. Can you name them in the order X, Y, Z. Is it

 

A - Reef Knot, Clove Hitch, Bowline

 

B - Clove Hitch, Bowline, Reef Knot

 

C - Bowline, Clove Hitch, Reef Knot

Q8. These knots W, X, Y and Z have different uses which are listed below. Can you match the knots to their uses in the order 1,2,3,4

 

1 - Joins two pieces of rope of equal diameter.

2 - Used mainly to tie a rope to an anchor or shot weight

3 - Used to tie a painter or other rope to a post, railing or ring

4 - Joins together two ropes of unequal diameter.

 

A    X, Y, Z, W

 

B    W, Z, Y, X

 

C    W, Y, Z, X

 

D    Z, X, W, Y

Q9. There are a number of Nautical Direction terms BEARING, TRACK, HEADING or COURSE. Can you link these terms to their meanings in order 1,2,3,4?

 

1. The direction in which the vessel is moving

2. The direction in which the vessel is pointing

3. The direction in which the vessel is steered

4. The direction of an object

 

A - Heading, Track, Course, Bearing

 

B - Track, Heading, Course, Bearing

 

C - Course, Bearing, Track, Heading

 

D - Course, Heading, Bearing, Track

 

Q10. Work out the tide direction and rate at Lat 50 16.90N, Long 04 38.80W on Sept 08 2014 at 13.00 (UTC). Assume tides are Neaps. Is it?

 

A - 235 deg at 0.5 knots

 

B - 213 deg at 0.5 knots

 

C - 046 deg at  0.1 knots

 

D - 044 deg at 0.2 knots

 

 

 

Q11. Use the data and information provided plus the Rule of Twelfths to calculate the predicted depth of the deeper of the two wrecks (obstructions) at 15.00 (UTC) on Sept 8 2014.

 

A - 27.4 metres

 

B - 34.6 metres

 

C - 32.2 metres

 

D - 35.5 metres

Q12. On an Admiralty Chart, using the compass rose shown, you measure a bearing between two points on the chart as being 072 degrees. The date is April 25 2020. What will be the compass bearing?

 

A   068 degrees

 

B   077 degrees

 

C   076 degrees

 

D   065 degrees

Can you name the numbered shipping areas on the map in the order 1,2,3,4,5. Is it

 

A - Faeroes, Viking, Lundy, Fitzroy, Irish Sea

 

B - Dogger, South Utsire, Fastnet, Biscay, Hebrides

 

C - Faeroes, South Utsire, Fastnet, Biscay, Malin

 

D - Fair Isle, Fisher, Shannon, Sole, Rockall

The chart symbols are those seen on Admiralty Charts. Can you match the symbols to the definitions below in the order 1,2,3,4,5,6

 

1. Water Tower

2. Seabed consists of fine Sand,Mud,Shells

3. Wreck wire swept to depth shown

4. Rock awash at level of Chart Datum

5. Wreck exact depth unknown but considered safe at depth shown

6. Underwater rock depth unknown but dangerous to surface navigation

 

A     E, F, C, A, D, B

 

B     D, B, A, C, F, E

 

C    C, F, B, E, A, D

 

D    C, F, A, D, B, E

 

E     C, F, A, E, B, D

 

F     F, C, B, D, A, E