Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 1015
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1730: plot the fix.
At 1730 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 210°M and Westfield church spire bears 298°M.
Variation is 7°W (from the rose); a hand-bearing compass held away from the boat's steel is taken to have no deviation. Convert to true, plot the two lines of position, and give the fix as the true bearing FROM Green can "3" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
| Mill stack | 210°M |
|---|---|
| Westfield church spire | 298°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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