Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 263004
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1705: plot the fix.
At 1705 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 218°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 095°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 | 218°M |
|---|---|
| Gannet Rock daybeacon | 095°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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