Your vessel is on a course of 255°T, at 14 knots. At 2126 a lighthouse is sighted dead ahead at a distance of 11 miles. You change course at this time to pass the lighthouse 3 miles abeam to port. What will be your ETA at this position off the lighthouse?

Correct Answer: Option A — 2211

Standard piloting practice per Bowditch requires determining the hypotenuse of the triangle formed by the initial distance of 11 miles and the 3-mile offset. Dividing this distance by 14 knots establishes the steaming time, yielding an ETA of 2211.