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#Other / Erudition
No. 736
A Finnish port, well known for many years as the last home of the windjammers, which fought a largely losing battle against steel steamships until about the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, is …
Helsinki;
Mariehamn;
Turku;
Vuosaari;
#Seamanship / Terminology
No. 737
A contract for the employment of a merchant ship is called a ...
charter;
layday;
steamer;
datum;
#Colreg / Laws and Rules
No. 738
A vessel shall exhibit forward, where it can best be seen, a conical shape, apex downward, when ...
making way through the water and engaged in fishing;
not under command;
pushing a vessel ahead, not being part of a composite unit;
proceeding under sail and also being propelled by machinery;
#Meteorology
No. 739
You are heading 030.0° with a vessel at 10.0 knots. The apparent NNW wind's speed of 18.0 knots has been measured. What are the speed and the direction of the true wind?
10.5 m/s; East;
5.6 m/s; North-northeast;
8.0 m/s; Southwest;
7.3 m/s; Northwest by west;
#Colreg / Laws and Rules
No. 740
According to the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, a sailing vessel in a narrow channel or fairway shall not impede the safe passage of ...
a vessel engaged in fishing;
a vessel which can safely navigate only within a narrow channel of fairway;
a vessel that is crossing a narrow channel;
a high speed craft;
#Seamanship / Terminology
No. 741
What is the pivot point of a vessel?
The point in lee side of underwater body of a vessel, at which the forces resisting leeway are equal in any two opposite directions in the fore and aft line;
The center of buoyancy;
The point on which a vessel turns when under helm;
The accurately determined position used as a point of reference when surveying;
#Safety
No. 742
Please answer the question shown in the picture!
Speed;
Safety;
Me;
Victory;
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