Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 141005
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1700: plot the fix.
At 1700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 205°M and Mill stack bears 155°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 "1" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
| Heron Point Light | 205°M |
|---|---|
| Mill stack | 155°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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