Chronometer and ETA Live Problem Solving

Free and discount courses at https://www.practicalnavigator.org/ Chronometer and ETA Problems 1. You take an observation at 15:43:30 GMT. Your watch is fast 00:01: 20. What time did you actually make the observation? a. 15:42:10 GMT b. 15:44:50 GMT 2. You are taking a time-tick using the 2000 signal from Kauai (WWVH). You hear a series of 1 second dashes followed by a 9 second silent period then a long 1.3 second dash. At the beginning of the long dash, your comparing watch reads 08h 00m 49s. When compared to the chronometer, your comparing watch reads 08h 01m 33s and the chronometer reads 08h 00m 56s. What is the chronometer error? a. 0m 12s fast b. 0m 56s fast c. 0m 44s slow d. 1m 26s slow 3. You are taking a time tick using the 2100 signal from Callao, Peru. You hear a series of 1-second dashes followed by a 9 second silent period, then a long1.3 second dash. At the beginning of the long dash, your comparing watch reads 09h00m 10s. When compared to the chronometer, the watch reads 09h 01m 20s, and the chronometer reads 08h 59m 22s. What is the chronometer error? a. 1m 48 slow b. 0m 38s slow c. 1m 10s fast d. 0m 10s fast 4. You are on a voyage from St. John’s Canada to Galveston Texas. The distance is 2280 miles, and the speed of advance is 15 knots. You estimate 16.5 hours of bunkering en route in Ft. Lauderdale FL. If you sailed at 1642 (ZD +4) on 27 February, what is your ETA in Galveston (ZD +6)? a. 1512 on 6 March b. 0812 on 6 March c. 0712 on 6 March d. 2312 on 5 March 5. You are on a voyage from Valdez AK to the Panama Canal. The distance from pilot station to pilot station is 4950nm. The speed of advance is 15 knots. You estimate a layover in San Francisco for 36 hours. If you depart at 0800 (ZD +10) on 29 October, what is your ETA at the Panama Canal (ZD +5) a. 1900 on 13 November b. 1400 on 13 November c. 1400 on 14 November d. 0900 on 13 November The Textbook: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxvjeSvUewp2SFAwZnZzbE1PQTQ/view?usp=sharing