Yachtmaster Ocean Practice Questions - RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Theory (Written Exam) Exam

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An observer with a height of eye of 4 metres takes a sextant altitude of the sun. In which sense is the dip correction always applied to the sextant altitude?

Always subtracted, because dip depresses the visible horizon below the horizontal Always added, because dip raises the apparent horizon Added in the morning and subtracted in the afternoon It is only applied to star sights, not sun sights

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Always subtracted, because dip depresses the visible horizon below the horizontal

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