Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 275001
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1605: plot the fix.
At 1605 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 184°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 076°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).
| Mill stack | 184°M |
|---|---|
| Gannet Rock daybeacon | 076°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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