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Your vessel is steering course 166°psc, variation for the area is 8°W, and deviation is 3°W. The wind is from the west-southwest, producing a 2° leeway. What true course are you making good?

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Your vessel is steering course 166°psc, variation for the area is 8°W, and deviation is 3°W. The wind is from the west-southwest, producing a 2° leeway. What true course are you making good?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Compass to true conversion (using deviation and variation) • Remembering the standard sequence: "True, Variation, Magnetic, Deviation, Compass" (TVMDC) and the saying to track east/west corrections • Effect of leeway on your course made good (from-wind vs toward-wind side)

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• Start with the compass course and step-by-step convert it to magnetic and then to true using the signs (E/W) of variation and deviation. Are you adding or subtracting in each step? • Once you have the true course through the water, think about the direction of the wind and the leeway. Is your vessel being pushed to the right (starboard) or to the left (port) of the heading? How does that change your true course made good? • After adjusting for leeway, compare your final true course made good with the answer choices and see which one is closest.

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• Be sure you know whether W variation and W deviation are added or subtracted when going from compass to true. • Confirm if leeway should be applied toward or away from the wind direction and whether that means increasing or decreasing your final true course. • Double-check that you have only applied each correction once: deviation, variation, then leeway.

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Question 1 of 2066636ee928f7522a1c51a65e

Your vessel is steering course 166°psc, variation for the area is 8°W, and deviation is 3°W. The wind is from the west-southwest, producing a 2° leeway. What true course are you making good?

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Your vessel is steering course 166°psc, variation for the area is 8°W, and deviation is 3°W. The wind is from the west-southwest, producing a 2° leeway. What true course are you making good?

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