The following questions are to be answered using Chart 12221TR, Chesapeake Bay Entrance, and supporting publications. It is July 13th and you are on a voyage to Baltimore. You are observing daylight savings time. You are turning for 9.8 knots. The maximum draft is 18 feet. The gyro error is 2°E. The visibility is obscured by patchy fog. Use 10°W variation where required.

DEVIATION TABLE
Magnetic Heading Deviation
315° 1.0°W
330° 0.5°W
345° 0.5°E
000° 2.0°E
015° 3.0°E
030° 1.5°E

At 2038 you are on course 272°T when Chesapeake Light is bearing 348° true at a range of 5.3 nm. Based on this fix, which statement is TRUE?

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The following questions are to be answered using Chart 12221TR, Chesapeake Bay Entrance, and supporting publications. It is July 13th and you are on a voyage to Baltimore. You are observing daylight savings time. You are turning for 9.8 knots. The maximum draft is 18 feet. The gyro error is 2°E. The visibility is obscured by patchy fog. Use 10°W variation where required.

DEVIATION TABLE
Magnetic Heading    Deviation
315°                       1.0°W
330°                       0.5°W
345°                       0.5°E
000°                       2.0°E
015°                       3.0°E
030°                       1.5°E

At 2038 you are on course 272°T when Chesapeake Light is bearing 348° true at a range of 5.3 nm. Based on this fix, which statement is TRUE?

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You are inside a ten fathom depth curve.

Answer

You are inside the contiguous zone.

Answer

You are 0.6 mile north of a wreck.

Answer

You are less than five miles from Chesapeake Light.

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