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Twenty coastal-navigation decisions with explanations

Test NOAA chart-source awareness, distance and time, true and magnetic direction, DR and EP, tides, currents, fixes, course to steer, and electronic cross-checking.

Question 1 of 20

Navigator Duty

Which statement is the sound starting point for navigator duty?