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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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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 7 · Doubling the angle on the bowProblem 20005

Gannet Rock daybeacon at 30° and then 60° on the starboard bow: how far off?

Steering 027°T at 6.8 kn, at 0725 you see Gannet Rock daybeacon 30° on the starboard bow. At 0737 it is 60° on the starboard bow.

How far off the object are you at 0737? 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 speed027°T, 6.8 kn
First bearing30° on the starboard bow at 0725
Second bearing60° on the starboard bow at 0737
nm
nm
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