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Your vessel is steering course 111° psc, variation for the area is 5° E, and deviation is 3° W. The wind is from the northwest, producing a 1° leeway. What true course are you making good?

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Your vessel is steering course 111° psc, variation for the area is 5° E, and deviation is 3° W. The wind is from the northwest, producing a 1° leeway. What true course are you making good?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Converting compass (psc) to true using variation and deviation (remember the standard sequence of corrections) • How to apply easterly vs westerly variation/deviation (do they get added or subtracted?) • Effect of leeway: how wind from a given direction pushes the vessel off course (to port or starboard)

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• Start from 111° psc and walk it step‑by‑step to true. In what order do you apply deviation and variation? • With variation 5° E and deviation 3° W, think about whether each one makes the true course numerically bigger or smaller than the compass course. • Wind from the northwest causes leeway. Does that push your heading toward a larger or smaller true course than your intended track?

✅ Before You Answer

• Be clear on the standard memory aid for going between Compass – Magnetic – True and which corrections are added/subtracted. • Double‑check the sign of each correction: E vs W for variation/deviation, and which way leeway shifts your actual track over the ground. • After you compute the final true course, see if the number is greater than, less than, or about the same as 111° and eliminate any options that don’t match that trend.

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Question 1 of 2066636eea28f7522a1c51b823

Your vessel is steering course 111° psc, variation for the area is 5° E, and deviation is 3° W. The wind is from the northwest, producing a 1° leeway. What true course are you making good?

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Your vessel is steering course 111° psc, variation for the area is 5° E, and deviation is 3° W. The wind is from the northwest, producing a 1° leeway. What true course are you making good?

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