Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 502005
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1455: plot the fix.
At 1455 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 269°M and Mill stack bears 200°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 | 269°M |
|---|---|
| Mill stack | 200°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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