The following questions are to be answered using Chart 13205 TR, Block Island Sound, and
supporting publications.
Your height of eye is 42 feet and your vessel's draft is 34 feet.
The gyro error is 2°E.
You are keeping daylight savings time (ZT+4).
Use 15°W variation where required.

At 0400 your position is:

Latitude 40° 50.2' North Longitude 071° 36.2' West

From your 0400 fix, you steer a course to make good 347°T at 12.5 knots.

Visibility is good. What is the earliest time you can expect to raise Montauk Point Light? (Nominal
range - 24 miles, height above water - 168 feet)

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The following questions are to be answered using Chart 13205 TR, Block Island Sound, and
supporting publications.
Your height of eye is 42 feet and your vessel's draft is 34 feet.
The gyro error is 2°E.
You are keeping daylight savings time (ZT+4).
Use 15°W variation where required.

At 0400 your position is:

Latitude 40° 50.2' North Longitude 071° 36.2' West

From your 0400 fix, you steer a course to make good 347°T at 12.5 knots.

Visibility is good. What is the earliest time you can expect to raise Montauk Point Light? (Nominal
range - 24 miles, height above water - 168 feet)

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The light is visible at 0400.

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0426

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0442

Answer

0435

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