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Skill 5 · Set and driftProblem 589007
Your 1150 fix is not where the DR said: find the set and drift.
At 1100 your fix is 331°T, 1.5 nm from Heron Point Light. You steer 089°T at 5.1 kn through the water. At 1150 a new fix puts you 024°T, 1.9 nm from Mill stack.
Plot the 1150 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 50 minutes).
Tolerance: 4° and 0.15 kn.
| 1100 fix | 331°T, 1.5 nm from Heron Point Light |
|---|---|
| Course and speed | 089°T, 5.1 kn |
| 1150 fix | 024°T, 1.9 nm from Mill stack |
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