🔍 Key Concepts

• Single-screw vessel handling when landing port side to • Effect of wind or current setting you off the pier • How approach angle and speed help you control lateral motion

💭 Think About

• How does pointing the bow more into the wind/current change your control over where the ship lands? • In a set OFF the pier, what happens if you come in nearly parallel at slow speed—will you be able to get alongside or will you drift away? • Which option gives you the best chance to control your sideways movement without losing the ability to back and fill with a single screw?

✅ Before You Answer

• Identify which choices increase lateral control (sideways control) versus just reducing speed • Consider which maneuver keeps the bow under control longest before you are committed alongside • Ask: in real life with wind/current setting you off, which tactic would a careful master use to avoid getting blown away from the berth?