单选题Your vessel is anchored in an open roadstead with three shots of chain out on the port anchor.The wind freshens considerably and the anchor begins to drag.Which action should you take FIRST（）.A Drop the starboard anchor short with about one shot of cha

A SEA ROOM TO BE KEPT FOR SAFETY AROUND A VESSEL，ROCK，PLATFORM，ETC．，OR THE PLACE ASSIGNED TO A VESSEL WHEN ANCHORED OR LYING ALONGSIDE A PIER，ETC means ______．

A.Port

B.Commercial area

C.Berth

D.Roadstead

A vessel moored with two anchors, sometimes, at an exposed roadstead to ______.

A.aid turning the ship

B.obtain a fine bearing

C.increase ship swings to wind or tide

D.lighten the stress of anchor chains

during bunkering in the last vessel ,what were you assigned to do ?or what was your position during bunkering on your last vessel ?

Which statement is TRUE about the use of a“gob rope”________．

A.The gob rope is a mooring line for tying up lighters for working cargo alongside a vessel anchored in an open roadstead

B.The gob rope is used to secure the towline aft over the centerline of a tug

C.The gob rope is a line hung over a vessel's side to assist in boarding

D.The gob rope is a rope used in mooring a vessel to a buoy

Approaching a anchorage in fog, you hear one short, one prolonged, and one short blast in that sequence on a ship’s whistle. This indicates ______.

A.A vessel towed

B.A vessel not under command and unable to maneuver.

C.A vessel anchored giving warning of her position.

D.A vessel stopped dead in the water.

This is to bring ______ your notice that MV Utopia has anchored too close to my ship．

A.for

B.to

C.in

D.with