You are drifting in a locale where there is no current. As a rule, your vessel will lie __________.

Correct Answer: Option A — beam to the wind

A vessel without headway or steerageway lacks the hydrodynamic forces required to maintain a heading. Consequently, the wind acts upon the vessel's lateral profile, causing it to naturally settle beam to the wind, where the wind pressure is balanced across the ship's center of lateral resistance.