MET-O Quiz 3

What is an apparent wind?

• apparent wind is the wind that a moving observer, such as a sailor on a boat, experiences

• the actual wind speed and direction

• different direction than the true wind

• a wind from the stars

In Solving true wind your ships point is called?

• Point Echo

• Point Romeo

• Point Mike

• Point India

Point Echo and Point Romeo is?

• Own vessels course and speed

• Apparent wind direction and speed

• True wind direction and speed

• Own vessels speed

Point Mike to Point Romeo is?

• Own vessels course and speed

• Apparent wind direction and speed

• True wind direction and speed

• Own vessels speed and drift

Point Echo to Point Mike is?

• Own vessels course and speed

• Apparent wind direction and speed

• True wind direction and speed

• Own vessels speed and alignment

If your course is 095° T and your anemometer reading is 015° to starboard relative, what is your apparent wind direction?

• 110° T

• 085° T

• 015° Relative

• 110° relative

What do you call the instrument that you would use to measure wind speed and direction?

• Anemometer

• Psychrometer

• Thermometer

• Hygrometer

What Points should you name your vessels course and speed?

• Point E & R

• Point R & M

• Point R & T

• Point R & M

What points should be the name of your apparent wind direction and Speed?

• Point E & R

• Point R & M

• Point R & T

• Point E & M

What points should be the name of your True wind direction and Speed?

• Point E & R

• Point R & M

• Point M & E

• Point R & T