Question 138Navigation General70% to pass
While proceeding along the Mediterranean coast of Spain, you sight the black and yellow buoy shown in illustration D020NG below. Your course is 039°T, and the buoy bears 053°T. What action should you take?
AI Explanation
The correct answer is D) Maintain course and ensure that the bearings increase.
This is the correct answer because when a buoy is sighted on your starboard side and the bearing to the buoy is increasing, it indicates that you are passing the buoy on the safe side (to the starboard). By maintaining your current course of 039°T, the bearing to the buoy will continue to increase, confirming that you are proceeding safely past the buoy.
The other options are incorrect because altering course towards the buoy (A) or altering course to the bearing of the buoy (B) would put you at risk of colliding with the buoy. Altering course to 060° (C) would not be the appropriate action, as it would not ensure that the bearings continue to increase.
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