Your 80-ton schooner is hove to on the starboard tack under§storm trysail and fore-staysail in 45 knots of wind. Your§heading is averaging about 000‚ true and the wind is from§the northeast. There is a dangerous shoal bearing 270‚§true, range 5 miles. Which action would be appropriate?

A
You need only stay alert for changes, as your present drift will carry you away from the danger.
B
You should strike all sails and get underway under bare poles, making as much way as possible to the north.
C
You should set a reefed foresail and strike the jib.
D
You should tack or jibe to the port tack and make all possible headway to the south.
E