Just for a bit of fun, if you get some wrong so what, if you get them all right, you're a genius .....Answer a b or c except for Number 2 to which tere is an explanation.
Boat Quiz
1/ You’re on a 30’cruiser and you’re heading into wind when your engine cuts out. Does your boat?
a) Stay heading into wind - b) Turn round stern into wind - c) Turn sideways to the wind
2/ What is this buoy and what would you do if you came across it?
3/ You are in the Solent in a motorboat and you cross the path of a ferry and hear 5 horn blasts. What does this mean?
a) I intend to turn about to Starboard - b) I do not understand your intentions, please make them clear - c) I intend to pass you to my Port side
4/ Who gives way hierarchy… Here are 5 vessels, from 1 to 5, 1 being the lowest in the ranking i.e has to give way to the other 4 and so on and 5 being the least likely to give way to any of them, please list the hierarchy.
a) Sailing yacht (under sail) - b) Vessel with restricted ability to manoeuvre - c) Fishing boat engaged in fishing - d) Power boat - e) Vessel not under command
5/ What is chart datum
a) Mean low water springs - b) Lowest Astronomical tide - c) A Nautical dating website
6/ On a weather Surface Pressure Chart if the isobars are very close together, what does this indicate?
a) Cold weather - b) Windy conditions - c) Rain
7/ At what Surface Pressure (in Millibars) is chart datum measured?
a) 1010 mb - b) 1230 mb - c) 1013 mb
8/ You have to negotiate the bridges at Poole to get into Upton Lake for Cobbs Quay. How would you expect the clearance to be marked on the chart for information to navigate safely under the bridges?
a) Maximum air draft of a vessel in feet/metres for clearance under the bridge - b) Clearance in feet/metres above Highest Astronomical Tide - c) Clearance in feet/metres above Mean High Water Springs
9/ Why do we use Nautical Miles on the sea instead of Statute Miles?
a) It’s old established nautical measurement from the 17th Century and changing it would mean the whole world of shipping and aircraft would have to change.
-b) A Nautical Mile is directly related to the Earths Latitude Lines and minutes of the arc along its Longitude.
-c) Nautical Miles came from Viking seafarers who worked out from the Sun and Stars how long 1 Nautical mile actually is. Therefore because of the Earths curvature, this caught on and other Nations used it. The Nautical mile is slightly more than a Statute Mile because of this.