Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 3008
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1455: plot the fix.
At 1455 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 098°M and Heron Point Light bears 186°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 | 098°M |
|---|---|
| Heron Point Light | 186°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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