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Things to
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Navigating the
Solent
Onboard quiz and word search
Onboard quiz
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Here are the answers to the Solent quiz
- Seven or more short blasts, followed by one long blast, on the
ship's whistle and/or alarm bells; (NB. the ship's "whistle" may be
more commonly known of as the "foghorn"). '
- St. Catherine, St. Cecilia, St. Clare, St. Faith or St. Helen.
- All are registered in LONDON (written on lifebuoys, under the
ship's name on the stem, and on the Passenger Certificate in the
main passenger lounge).
- 14.7 knots (almost 17 mph - in land miles), and is a SPEED not a
distance.
- Different colours and shapes are used to differentiate between
marks indicating the sides of deep-water channels, isolated dangers or
the extremities of shallow water etc.; so that mariners can avoid
hazards hidden below the surface of the water.
- Red - Can shape, Green - Conical, Yellow - Sphere or Can, Yellow
and Black - Pillar. -
- 1.3 Nautical miles (about 1.5 land miles).
- POLAND
- The COLOUR OF THE SEATS on the Upper Deck is different on each
ship:
- St. Catherine (Green), St. Cecilia (White - originally yellow),
St. Faith (Blue), St. Helen (Red).
The St. Clare is a totally different shape from the other four older
car ferries.
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