Marina Exam Reviewer: Your ship is going full astern and making sternway. Where will the pivot point be located? No wind, current.

Marina Exam Reviewer

Your ship is going full astern and making sternway. Where will the pivot point be located? No wind, current. 

A. At 1/6 of the ships length off the bow 
B. Somewhere aft of the center of gravity, but it is impossible to pinpoint the exact location 
C. at the center of gravity 
D. At 1/6 of the ships length from the stern  




Answer:      B. Somewhere aft of the center of gravity, but it is impossible to pinpoint the exact location 

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