Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 7008
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1505: plot the fix.
At 1505 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 295°M and Mill stack bears 217°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).
| Westfield church spire | 295°M |
|---|---|
| Mill stack | 217°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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