If your vessel is the stand-on vessel in a crossing situation ______.A.you must keep your

A neutral equilibrium position for a vessel means that the metacenter is ______.

A.lower than the keel

B.at the same height as the center of gravity

C.exactly at midships

D.at the center of the waterplane area

Five or more short blasts on a vessel’s whistle indicates that she is ______.

A.in doubt that another vessel is taking sufficient action to avoid a collision

B.altering course to starboard

C.altering course to port

D.the stand-on vessel and will maintain course and speed

On a voyage from Halifax，N.S.，to Dakar，West Africa，the Canary Current will ______.

A.set the vessel to the left

B.set the vessel to the right

C.offer resistance in the form of a head current

D.furnish additional thrust in the form of a fair or following current

A schooner is a fore-and-aft rigged vessel with ______.

A.a single mast

B.two masts: with the mizzen stepped abaft the rudder post

C.two masts: with the mizzen stepped forward of the rudder post

D.at least two masts: a foremast and a mainmast

An important step in fighting any electrical fire is to ______.

A.stop ventilation

B.stop the vessel

C.de-energize the circuit

D.apply water to extinguish the fire

A．A vessel is 220 on your port bow, range increasing, bearing changing slightly to the right

B．A vessel is broad on your starboard beam range decreasing, bearing changing rapidly to the right

C．A vessel is 220abaft your port beam, range increasing, bearing is constant

D．A vessel is on your starboard quarter, range decreasing, bearing is constant

A.blow the fire back toward the vessel

B.comes over the bow

C.comes over the stern

D.comes over either beam

The best way to lift many small articles aboard your vessel is with a______.

A.pallet

B.barrel hook

C.spreader

D.snotter

A.Yours is the give-way vessel because it is less than 30 meters long

B.You shall not impede the safe passage of the tanker

C.The tanker is the stand-on vessel because it is to port of your vessel

D.The tanker is the stand-on vessel because it is the larger of the two vessels