Candidate’s Name:

Ports and Maritime Organization (AA)

Seafarer's Examination and Certification Directorate
Exams Code : SMCN – 891 (AA)

Subject: Terrestrial and Coastal Navigation & Met. Date:

Rank : Second Officer (GT>500) Time allowed: 3.0 Hrs
Use deviation card no 1, Tide table 2000, Chart No 2888, Nories Table, Variation as per chart.
Positions in the brackets are only for guidance and should not be used as actual position of symbols.

Part A: Total marks (70 marks)

Q.1) After dropping pilot at 1000 hrs, at Khawr Fakkan pilot station (25° 24'N, 056° 33'E) a
vessel intends to reach 10 miles South of Ra's-e Jask (25° 38'N, 057° 46'E) Current was
known to be setting 110° (T) at 3 knots, vessel's speed 13 knots.
a) Find the compass course to steer; (12 Marks)
b) What would be your ETA to the destination? (8 Marks)

Q.2) At 2200 hrs Jazirat-bu-Musa Lighthouse (25° 53' N 055° 02' E) (Fl 8s 130m 9M)
bore 180° (T) at a distance of 10 miles.
a) Find compass course to steer to a position with the Ra's shaykh Mas'ud lighthouse
(26° 15 ' N 56° 13' E)(Fl 5s12M) bearing 135° (T) distance 10 miles, if a current
sets 045°(T) at 4.0 Kts, leeway is estimated at 10° for a Northerly gale and the
ship's speed is 15.0 Kts. (15 Marks)
b) What is the speed made good of ship? (5 Marks)

Q.3) Find the earliest time on the 8th /July/2000 to cross a bar marked 4.0m on the chart
off Ayr (ATT VOL. I) with a clearance of 0.5m under keel.
Vessel drawing 5.0m forward and 6.0m aft. (15 Marks)

Q.4) Your vessel is to make a voyage from Mombassa(Kenya)( 04º 10΄S , 039º 50΄E) to
Mumbai(India) (18º 45΄N , 072º 55΄E) by recommended route through position
(02º 30΄S , 044º 50΄E).Calculate the total distance of the voyage while proceeding
from Mombassa to recommended position by Rhumbline and from there to
Mumbai by Great Circle sailing. (15 Marks)

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Part B: Total marks (30 marks)
Q.1) Explain in details the Monsoon Regime, areas experiencing and weather associated
with the July Monsoon of the Indian Ocean. (16 Marks)

Q.2) Briefly describe following meteorological terms:

i) Depression
ii) Occluded front (7Marks each)