Pass Benchmark: 70% • Standard: USCG NMC / 46 CFR
USCG Deck Safety (Supplementary) (Set 1)
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A "reaching" course is one in which the wind __________.
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30 MCQs #1 A "reaching" course is one in which the wind __________. #2 Dacron sails, when not in use, may be damaged if __________. #3 Your 80-ton schooner is hove to on the starboard tack under storm trysail and fore- staysail in 45 knots of wind. Your heading is averaging about 000° true and the wind is from the northeast. There is a dangerous shoal bearing 270° true, range 5 miles. Which action would be appropriate? #4 Canvas sails, when not in use, may be damaged if __________. #5 To get the best speed when tacking and using a mainsail and jib, the sails should be trimmed such that __________. #6 A sailing vessel with the wind coming from 050° relative would be __________. #7 A sailing vessel with the wind coming from 090° relative would be __________. #8 A sailing vessel with the wind coming from 180° relative would be __________. #9 When sailing with the wind aft, a vessel may carry sails on both sides at the same time. The sails are __________. #10 You are under sail on a close reach, and the wind is steady. While steady on course, you reef the mainsail and your speed slows. The apparent wind __________. #11 A sailing vessel with the wind coming from 140° relative would be __________. #12 A sailing vessel with the wind coming from 290° relative would be __________. #13 A sailing vessel with the wind coming from 260° relative would be __________. #14 When shifting to a course where the wind comes more from astern, easing the mainsheet will __________. #15 A sailing vessel with the wind coming from 220° relative would be __________. #16 A sailing vessel with the wind coming from 020° relative would be __________. #17 When repairing a torn sail at sea, you should __________. #18 On small sailing vessels, the PRIMARY reason for using nylon in a combination chain- nylon anchor line is to __________. #19 A deep keel on a sailing vessel increases the __________. #20 Your sails are properly trimmed while on a reaching course. Changing to a close hauled course will __________. #21 Your vessel is drifting with the wind broad on the port beam. The marconi sail is set and flapping free. As you sheet in the maximum drive is attained when the sail __________. #22 You are sailing on a close reach when a strong wind suddenly heels the vessel hard over. To reduce the heeling and yet maintain speed, you should __________. #23 The sails are properly set and trimmed. As a vessel heads up from a beam reach to close hauled the __________. #24 You are running before the wind in a fresh breeze. The boom may be prevented from accidentally jibing by using a(n) __________. #25 The sails are properly set and trimmed. As a vessel heads up from a beam reach to close-hauled the __________. #26 A sailing vessel with the wind coming over the port side is said to be on a __________. #27 In order to maintain speed while changing course from a close reach to a broad reach, the sails should be __________. #28 When properly set and drawing, a fore-and-aft sail has a cross-section that __________. #29 Which action will NOT reduce heeling of a vessel when sailing on a tack? #30 Your 20-ton ketch-rigged sailing vessel is sailing close hauled on the port tack in a moderate breeze with all sails properly trimmed. You wish to bear off quickly to avoid a floating hazard. To utilize your sails to assist with the turn, you should __________.
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