Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 656008
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 0715: plot the fix.
At 0715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 109°M and Mill stack bears 181°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).
| Gannet Rock daybeacon | 109°M |
|---|---|
| Mill stack | 181°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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