USCG Exam PracticeAB watchkeeping and helm commands
The conning officer orders 'shift your rudder.' What does this command require the helmsman to do?
- A. Return the rudder to amidships immediately.
- B. Apply maximum rudder in the opposite direction from the current rudder angle.
- ✓ Put the rudder over the same number of degrees on the opposite side from its current position.Correct
- D. Ease the rudder to half the current angle, then hold.
Why C is correct
NAVEDTRA 14067 §2-1 defines 'shift your rudder' as putting the rudder over the same number of degrees on the opposite side — not to maximum, not to amidships, and not to half the current angle.
Cited:NAVEDTRA 14067 §2-1