USCG Exam PracticeAB watchkeeping and helm commands
A lookout sights a buoy off the left side of the vessel, roughly at a 90-degree angle from dead ahead. How should the lookout report this contact?
- ✓ Buoy, broad on the port beamCorrect
- B. Buoy, two points on the port quarter
- C. Buoy, dead astern to port
- D. Buoy, fine on the port bow
Why A is correct
Reports are made by relative bearing using points or the clock system. An object 90 degrees off the bow on the left side is 'broad on the port beam.' 'Two points on the port quarter' and 'fine on the port bow' describe different relative bearings.
Cited:NAVEDTRA 14067 §1-1