Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 313002
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1630: plot the fix.
At 1630 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 256°M and Kittle water tank bears 157°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 Gannet Rock daybeacon to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
| Heron Point Light | 256°M |
|---|---|
| Kittle water tank | 157°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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