| Your 80-ton schooner is hove to on the starboard tack under storm trysail and fore- staysail in 45 knots of wind. Your heading is averaging about 000° true and the wind is from the northeast. There is a dangerous shoal bearing 270° true, range 5 miles. Which action would be appropriate? |
| A) You should set a reefed foresail and strike the jib. |
| B) You should tack or jibe to the port tack and make all possible headway to the south. |
| C) You need only stay alert for changes, as your present drift will carry you away from the danger. |
| D) You should strike all sails and get underway under bare poles, making as much way as possible to the north. |
