USCG Exam PracticeAB watchkeeping and helm commands
A lookout on the bow sights a buoy broad on the port beam. Which report format is correct?
- ✓ 'Buoy, broad on the port beam.'Correct
- B. 'Port side buoy, bearing two-seven-zero.'
- C. 'Buoy sighted, port quarter.'
- D. 'Aid to navigation, port side, stand by.'
Why A is correct
NAVEDTRA 14067 §1-1 states that objects are reported by relative bearing using the clock system or points, giving the example 'buoy, broad on the port beam' as the correct phrasing. Magnetic or true bearings are not the standard format for lookout reports.
Cited:NAVEDTRA 14067 §1-1