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Skill 5 · Set and driftProblem 269002
Your 1245 fix is not where the DR said: find the set and drift.
At 1210 your fix is 351°T, 2.6 nm from Mill stack. You steer 083°T at 6.8 kn through the water. At 1245 a new fix puts you 146°T, 1.5 nm from Gannet Rock daybeacon.
Plot the 1245 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.
| 1210 fix | 351°T, 2.6 nm from Mill stack |
|---|---|
| Course and speed | 083°T, 6.8 kn |
| 1245 fix | 146°T, 1.5 nm from Gannet Rock daybeacon |
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