What is transfer defined as?

• A. Used to check nav hazards
• B. Used to measure depth
• C. Used to compute speed
• D. Used to determine wind direction

Answer: (A)

Transfer in navigation is the act of moving or moving information about the charted hazards onto your plotting area to verify your planned route avoids dangers. When you transfer hazards, you take known obstructions—shoals, wrecks, rocks, and other nav hazards—from the chart or chart-overlay data and plot them against your intended track. This helps ensure the course you choose keeps the vessel clear of dangers before you sail.

That’s why this option is best: it directly describes using hazard information to confirm safe navigation. The other tasks you might think of—measuring depth, computing speed, or determining wind direction—rely on different instruments (depth sounder, log, and anemometer or wind vane), not on the transfer process used to check hazards.