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As a general rule, how will your vessel lie when it is drifting in a locale where there is no current?

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As a general rule, how will your vessel lie when it is drifting in a locale where there is no current?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Effect of wind vs current on a vessel that is not making way • How a vessel’s underwater shape (hull and keel) and above‑water profile (superstructure, bow, stern) affect how it drifts • Which end of the vessel presents more windage and more lateral resistance in the water

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• When a vessel is just drifting, which force is dominant if there is no current: the water or the wind? • Think about which end/side of the vessel has the most area exposed to the wind and how the underwater shape (keel and hull) resists sideways motion. • If you dropped a toy boat in a bathtub with a fan blowing, how would it tend to line up relative to the wind direction?

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• Be clear that the question says no current, so you are only considering wind effects. • Visualize the center of lateral resistance (underwater) versus center of wind effort (above water) and which way the boat will pivot. • Eliminate any option that would require the vessel to drift in a way that puts the largest underwater resistance broadside to the motion caused by wind.

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Question 1 of 20

As a general rule, how will your vessel lie when it is drifting in a locale where there is no current?

The bow to the wind

With the wind on the quarter

The beam to the wind

The stern to the wind

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As a general rule, how will your vessel lie when it is drifting in a locale where there is no current?

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As a general rule, how will your vessel lie when it is drifting in a locale where there is no current?

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