The following questions are to be answered using chart 12221 TR, Chesapeake Bay Entrance, and supporting publications. Your vessel is enroute from New York, NY, to Baltimore, MD. Your vessel's draft is 29 feet, and your height of eye is 54 feet. Your present course is 206°T and your speed is 18 knots. Use 10°W variation where required. At 0705 your position is Latitude 37°20.8' N Longitude 75°29.9' W. If a northwesterly breeze is causing 3 degrees leeway what is the true course to steer in order to pass Hog Island Lighted Bell Buoy "12" at a distance abeam of two miles?
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