Question 1

Refuelling afloat, the discipline is…

Accepted Answer

No overflow: know your tank, listen to the filler, absorb drips — fuel on the water is illegal as well as filthy — Even a film of diesel spreads astonishingly far. Bunds, absorbent pads and unhurried filling cost nothing; spills can cost the bird life of an anchorage.

Question 2

Anchoring near a seagrass meadow, good practice is…

Accepted Answer

Use sand patches or visitor buoys instead — dragged chain destroys years of growth — Seagrass is nursery habitat and a carbon store, and a swinging chain scours it bare. Many harbours mark eco-mooring buoys for exactly this reason.

Question 3

Harbour speed limits and anchoring restrictions are found…

Accepted Answer

In the almanac and harbour guides — local bylaws are part of passage appraisal — Bylaws (speed, wash, anchoring, water-ski zones) are published in the pilotage sources you already consult — checking them is part of the SOLAS V appraisal you owe every passage.

Leave no wake

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