Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 215006
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1700: plot the fix.
At 1700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 307°M and Mill stack bears 203°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 Red nun "2" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
| Westfield church spire | 307°M |
|---|---|
| Mill stack | 203°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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