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On Great Lakes vessels, when do midsummer load lines apply?

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#1 On Great Lakes vessels, when do midsummer load lines apply? #2 You are running before a rough sea and a strong wind. Your sailing vessel is yawing. If the wind should catch the mainsail on the reverse side you will __________. #3 You are sailing before the wind in heavy weather. The failure of what will affect the vessel's safety most? #4 A capsized small sail vessel is best righted when what part of the vessel is downwind? #5 How should you try to right a capsized small sailing vessel? #6 Which radio call-in plan is the most prudent? #7 You are preparing for what promises to be a rough ocean passage. Your 120-foot schooner carries a yard on the foremast, about 50 feet above the water. The yard weighs about 1000 pounds. If you take the yard down and stow it on deck for the trip, you will __________. #8 You must pick up an individual who has fallen overboard from a sailboat. The final approach should be __________. #9 As shown in illustration D002SL below, which of the following describes the three corners of the main sail? #10 In illustration D001SL below, what is the edge of the sail labeled "A" called? #11 Which statement(s) is(are) TRUE? #12 Which statement is TRUE about sail shape? #13 What is part of a vessel's standing rigging? #14 What fitting on the mast works in conjunction with the shrouds to control side bend of the mast? #15 A yawl is a sailing vessel with __________. #16 A ketch is a sailing vessel with __________. #17 What standing rigging supports the mast in the fore-and-aft and athwartships directions? #18 Which is standing rigging? #19 A shroud is __________. #20 What is the purpose of a centerboard when sailing on a tack? #21 Changing direction by bringing the stern of the vessel through the eye of the wind is known as __________. #22 If you reef a marconi mainsail, the sail area __________. #23 The term "lee side" refers to the __________. #24 Which statement is TRUE concerning the gooseneck? #25 Your vessel is on a voyage from Ogdensburg, NY, to Chicago, IL, via the Great Lakes. The date is October 3 of the current year. If your vessel is subject to the load line requirements, using illustration D031DG below, to which of her marks should she be loaded? #26 Where on a vessel are the load line markings shown in illustration D031DG inscribed? #27 Which vessel is exempt from the load line and marking requirements for vessels operating on the Great Lakes System? #28 Your vessel's existing draft is FWD 24'-08", AFT 25'-04". Using the Guidance Manual for Loading M.V. GRAND HAVEN, determine the new draft if 180 long tons are loaded in No. 23 hatch. #29 Your vessel's existing draft is FWD 29'-05", AFT 30'-07". Using the Guidance Manual for Loading M.V. GRAND HAVEN, determine the new draft if 540 long tons are loaded in No. 18 hatch. #30 Your vessel's existing draft is FWD 19'-08", AFT 20'-04". Using the Guidance Manual for Loading M.V. GRAND HAVEN, determine the new draft if 840 long tons are loaded in No. 1 hatch.

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