Your vessel is on a course of 358°T at 19 knots. At 0316 a light bears 024.5°T, and at 0334 the light bears 043°T. At what time and at what distance off will your vessel be when abeam of the light?

Correct Answer: Option D — 0352, 5.7 miles

Applying standard Bowditch relative movement formulas for objects forward of the beam, determine the precise time of abeam passage and the corresponding distance off using the recorded bearings and vessel speed.