Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 373008
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 0800: plot the fix.
At 0800 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 250°M and Mill stack bears 185°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).
| Heron Point Light | 250°M |
|---|---|
| Mill stack | 185°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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