Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 217004
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 0805: plot the fix.
At 0805 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 280°M and Mill stack bears 181°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 | 280°M |
|---|---|
| Mill stack | 181°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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