Oupv navigation - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

OUPV Captains Navigation General

the term slackwater during a tidal change means little or no movement of water when heading into a channel and the two range lights are in line line you should keep your course you observe a buoy mark having a green and red horizontal bands. what light characteristic will it have? composite group flashing the direction of the earth's surface wind is deflected by the earths rotation your vessel's position should be plotted using bearings of fixed known positions...

What’s the length of a nautical mile? a. 1,700 b. 2,000 c. 6,076 - 6,076 feet Preferred channel aids to navigation are marked with? a. Numbers b. Letters c. Orange strips d. Yellow - Letters In the U.S. Aids to navigation system, red and green horizontally-banded buoys mark a. Channels for shallow draft b. General anchorage areas c. Preferred channels - Preferred channels