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Skill 5 · Set and driftProblem 267006
Your 1355 fix is not where the DR said: find the set and drift.
At 1320 your fix is 007°T, 2.8 nm from Mill stack. You steer 097°T at 5.8 kn through the water. At 1355 a new fix puts you 305°T, 1.9 nm from Kittle water tank.
Plot the 1355 DR, then find the current: set (the true direction the water moved you, from the DR to the fix) and drift (its speed in knots over the 35 minutes).
Tolerance: 4° and 0.15 kn.
| 1320 fix | 007°T, 2.8 nm from Mill stack |
|---|---|
| Course and speed | 097°T, 5.8 kn |
| 1355 fix | 305°T, 1.9 nm from Kittle water tank |
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