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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
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Skill 7 · Doubling the angle on the bowProblem 19005

Gannet Rock daybeacon at 25° and then 50° on the starboard bow: how far off?

Steering 179°T at 4.1 kn, at 1330 you see Gannet Rock daybeacon 25° on the starboard bow. At 1342 it is 50° on the starboard bow.

How far off the object are you at 1342? If you hold your course and there is no current, how far off will you pass when it is abeam?

Tolerance: 0.05 nm.

Given
Course and speed179°T, 4.1 kn
First bearing25° on the starboard bow at 1330
Second bearing50° on the starboard bow at 1342
nm
nm
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