Your vessel is on a course of 082°T at 19 knots. At 0255 a light bears 059.5°T, and at 0312 the light bears 037°T. At what time and at what distance off will your vessel be when abeam of the light?

Correct Answer: Option A — 0324, 3.8 miles

Utilizing standard relative bearing calculations for a 17-minute interval at 19 knots, the time to abeam and distance off calculations confirm abeam occurs at 0324 with a calculated distance off of 3.8 miles.