Chartwork # 2

Additional Questions on Charts, Aids and Courses

Refer to your chart: “Western Long Island Sound” and apply what you learned in:

Chapter #5:

1. Is the depth shown in Feet, Meters, or Fathoms? __________

2. What is the clearance of the railroad bridge over the Mianus River at Riverside/Cos Cob, shown on INSET as: Bascule Bridge HOR CL 67 FT, VERT CL ?? FT __________

Is this measurement for clearance at High Tide or Low Tide? __________

3. What are the Latitude and Longitude of the following aids to navigation?

Hint - these points have been chosen so that you might check your answers by the positions printed in the box labeled GPS/LORAN COORDINATES. You need only be accurate to the tenth of a minute, for example: 41° 04.5’ N (forty one degrees, 4.5 minutes, North)

073° 19.8’ W (seventy three degrees, 19.8 minutes, West)

Latitude Longitude

Cable and Anchor Reef: R”28C” Fl R ___°____.__’N ___°_____.__’W

Bell 32 south of the Cows at Stamford, R”32” Fl R __________ __________

RW “BH” Mo(A) at Bridgeport __________ __________

RW “PJ” Mo(A) at Port Jefferson (Port Jeff) __________ __________

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Chapter 6

1. With reference to the INSET showing Westcott Cove to Cockenoe Island, the light at Darien Harbor flashes once every how many seconds and is what color? __________

2. Does “C1” between Fish Island and the Fivemile River have a light? __________

3. What marks Ballast Reef, south of Roton Pt (East of Fivemile River) __________

4. Entering Norwalk channel from the West, passing Sheffield Island to starboard, what are the characteristics of the lights that you will pass to starboard?

Greens Ledge Lighthouse __________

R”2” north of Sheffield Island __________

R”4” north of Dog Island __________

“10” on the Riprap, shown as 27 ft 4M __________

“14” on the Riprap, shown as 26 ft 4M __________

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Chapter 7

Plot these courses on your chart, and determine the TRUE course and its RECIPROCAL

TRUE RECIPROCAL

1. Darien’s G”1” to G”1” Fl G 2.5 sec at Eatons’ Neck _________° __________°

2. Darien’s G”1” to G”15” GONG, North of Lloyd Point _________° __________°

3. Smith Reef R”30” to Stamford’s R “32” at The Cows _________° __________°