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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 21006

Heron Point Light at 35° and then 70° on the starboard bow: how far off?

Steering 198°T at 9.5 kn, at 1240 you see Heron Point Light 35° on the starboard bow. At 1253 it is 70° on the starboard bow.

How far off the object are you at 1253? 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 speed198°T, 9.5 kn
First bearing35° on the starboard bow at 1240
Second bearing70° on the starboard bow at 1253
nm
nm
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