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You are underway in heavy weather and your bow is into the seas. Which action should you take to prevent pounding?

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You are underway in heavy weather and your bow is into the seas. Which action should you take to prevent pounding?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Effects of speed in head seas (bow into the waves) • What pounding means and when it occurs • Difference between course changes vs speed changes in heavy weather seamanship

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• When the bow is slamming into the seas, does going faster or slower change how hard the hull hits the water between waves? • Is securing loose gear something that prevents pounding, or something that protects items and crew from the effects of pounding? • Would altering your heading slightly off the seas be more effective than adjusting speed alone, or can that create other problems in heavy weather?

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• Be clear on the definition of pounding: it relates to the ship’s motion and impact forces on the hull, not just comfort or cargo security. • Ask yourself which option directly reduces the relative vertical impact between the hull and the waves. • Consider standard heavy-weather seamanship practice for running into head seas on displacement vessels.

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Question 1 of 20

You are underway in heavy weather and your bow is into the seas. Which action should you take to prevent pounding?

Increase the speed of the vessel

Secure all loose gear on your vessel

Decrease the speed of the vessel

Put the seas on an 85-degree angle from the bow

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Question 1 / 2066636ee728f7522a1c5182bc

Question 1 of 2066636ee728f7522a1c5182bc

You are underway in heavy weather and your bow is into the seas. Which action should you take to prevent pounding?

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You are underway in heavy weather and your bow is into the seas. Which action should you take to prevent pounding?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Effects of speed in head seas (bow into the waves) • What pounding means and when it occurs • Difference between course changes vs speed changes in heavy weather seamanship

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