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USCG Exam Practice · Visual piloting — three-bearing fixes, danger bearings

Piloting is best described as navigation by reference to:

  1. ACelestial bodies and computed altitude
  2. BDead reckoning track advanced from a known departure point
  3. CLandmarks, aids to navigation, and soundings✓ correct
  4. DGPS and electronic chart systems

Why C is correct

Bowditch Ch. 1 §103 defines piloting as navigation by reference to landmarks, aids to navigation, and soundings, and identifies it as the primary method in confined waters.

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