Marina Exam Reviewer: Your ship is equipped with a single, right-handed fixed screw. Steaming full ahead you reverse the engine to stop the ship. How will the ship react? No wind or current.

Marina Exam Reviewer

Your ship is equipped with a single, right-handed fixed screw. Steaming full ahead you reverse the engine to stop the ship. How will the ship react? No wind or current. 

A. She will stop on 1,5 times the ship's length 
B. She will most likely sheer to starboard and gradually loose headway 
C. She will most likely continue on a straight course 
D. She will most likely sheer to port and stop rather quickly  


Answer:       B. She will most likely sheer to starboard and gradually loose headway 

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