Free boating theory questions and short answers
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What is a lee shore and why is it considered dangerous?What is the difference between 'course' and 'track'?In navigation, what is 'fetch'?What does 'making good' a course mean?What is a transit in navigation?What does it mean when a vessel is described as 'making way through the water'?What is the difference between 'heading' and 'bearing'?Under MARPOL Annex V, which garbage must not be deliberately discharged at sea?Two sailing vessels are in sight with collision risk. Vessel A is on port tack and Vessel B is on starboard tack. Who keeps out of the way?Following the charted conventional direction of buoyage in Region A, which normal lateral colour marks the port-hand side of the channel?What Rule 35 signal should a yacht under sail alone make in restricted visibility?Under the current marine and coastal wildlife visitor code for England, how far should a motorised vessel stay from marine wildlife?