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| Moving forward through the water. |
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| Moving backwards through the water. |
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| What does Bare Steerageway mean? |
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| The minimum speed a ship can proceed and still maintain course using the rudders, usually 3-5 kts. |
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| What are the 2 types of mooring lines? |
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| How many mooring lines are there and what are they called? |
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| 6- The bow line, the Forward Bow Spring line, the After Bow Spring line, the Forward Quarter Spring line, the After Quarter Spring line, and the stern line. |
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| What are teh 4 recovery maneuvers for a man overboard recovery? |
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| Williamson Turn, Anderson Turn, Race Track, Y-Turn |
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| What does the Conning Officer do? |
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| Drives the ship’s heading and speed through standard commands (orders) to the helm and leehelm. |
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| What does the Helm control? |
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| What does the lee helm control? |
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| If the helm does not understand an order from the Conn what does he say? |
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| What does the helm do if the Conn does not acknowledge a report? |
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| Repeat the report until acknowledged. |
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| What is the ship's speed dependent on with fixed pitch propellers? |
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| For controllable pitch propellers, ship speed is dependent on what? |
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| Shaft rpm and, below about 12 knots, propeller blade pitch. |
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| What are the predetermined ship’s speeds? |
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| “Standard speed” - normally 15 knots, “1/3” - one third of standard speed, “2/3” - two thirds of standard speed, “Full” - speed higher than standard speed, “Flank” - maximum speed |
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| What must engine orders contain? |
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| Engines, direction, and speed. |
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| What is a stadimeter used for? |
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| Used to determine the distance to an object of an object of known height by measuring the vertical angle subtended by the object. |
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| What type of bearing drift would result in a collision? |
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| Constant Bearing, Decreasing Range (CBDR). |
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| If a contact has left bearing drift, are the line of bearings becoming smaller or larger? |
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