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Practice Sheet No. 1, Heron Sound (invented, not for navigation) 34 41 22 38 29 18 27 44 12 21 19 N VAR 7°W (invented) Heron Sound Heron Point Tern Island Westfield Kittle Gannet Rock Fl W 4s 52ft 14M TR TANK SPIRE STACK Dbn 1 2 3 HS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Border scale: nautical miles (1 nm = 10 ticks) PRACTICE SHEET No. 1 · HERON SOUNDInvented for practice · NOT FOR NAVIGATION · Plotroom 0845
Dividers: drag from one point to another on the chart

Start a drag on a charted object or buoy and it snaps to it. The readout gives the true bearing (and magnetic, 7°W) from where you start to where you are, and the distance in nautical miles.

Skill 3 · Dead reckoningProblem 231001

Two legs from a 0845 fix: where is the 0930 DR?

At 0845 you fix your position 359°T, 2.0 nm from Westfield church spire. You steer 072°T at 5.5 kn until 0900, then 180°T at 5.1 kn until 0930.

Give the 0930 DR position as the true bearing FROM Westfield church spire to the DR, and the distance. Courses are true and speeds are through the water; dead reckoning ignores current and leeway.

Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).

Given
0845 fix359°T, 2.0 nm from Westfield church spire
Leg 1072°T, 5.5 kn, 0845 to 0900
Leg 2180°T, 5.1 kn, 0900 to 0930
°T
nm
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