Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 20006
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1240: plot the fix.
At 1240 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 081°M and Mill stack bears 170°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).
| Gannet Rock daybeacon | 081°M |
|---|---|
| Mill stack | 170°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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