Boating license / I'm heading north, what route to take when discovering this cardinal?

Coming from the open sea, I go to Cannes. In front of me, the island of Saint-Honorat and this cardinal. My compass indicates that I am heading north. On which side of the cardinal should I pass? Should I leave it on my starboard side and head straight for the land? Answer A. Do I turn the rudder to the right to 90° and leave the turret on my port side? Answer B. Should I head due west on a course of 270°? Answer C. I stop, because it is time for a drink? Answer D.

Each week, Bateaux.com offers you a question about the boat license. To validate your knowledge or to discover unexplored areas. This week, we are tackling a question on buoyancy.

Cardinale in sight!

A cardinal signals a danger. There are 4 types of cardinals: North, East, South and West. Here, we are in the presence of a South cardinal, because the points of the cones are both oriented downwards and the color of the cardinal, yellow at the top and black at the bottom, indicates a South cardinal.

I go to the South

Faced with a South cardinal, I go South. This one materializes a danger which is in the North of the cardinal. Here, it is a rocky plateau between the cardinal and the island of Saint-Honorat. To avoid it, I have to stay south of the turret.

Thus, I can head east, answer B, or west, answer C.

Confirm on the map

Looking at the map, we understand that heading North, like the trajectory represented with the red arrow, I can't continue my route without risk. We can also see well the rocky plateau that protects the turret of the Monks, name of this southern cardinal.

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