USCG Exam PracticeDanger bearings and danger circles
A danger bearing is most accurately described as a technique that keeps a vessel clear of an off-lying hazard using:
- A. Two simultaneous lines of position to well-separated objects
- B. A running fix advanced along the DR track
- ✓ A single charted object and a labelled limiting bearingCorrect
- D. Three simultaneous bearings forming a cocked hat
Why C is correct
Bowditch Ch. 7 §706 defines a danger bearing as a technique using a single charted object from which a limiting bearing is drawn and labelled NMT or NLT. Two-object fixes and three-bearing fixes are separate piloting methods.
Cited:Bowditch Ch. 7 §706