Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 17003
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1450: plot the fix.
At 1450 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 216°M and Kittle water tank bears 163°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 Tern Island tower to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
| Mill stack | 216°M |
|---|---|
| Kittle water tank | 163°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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