Skill 4 · Two-bearing fixProblem 8006
Two hand-bearing compass bearings at 1540: plot the fix.
At 1540 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 164°M and Heron Point Light bears 231°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 Green can "3" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
| Mill stack | 164°M |
|---|---|
| Heron Point Light | 231°M |
| Variation | 7°W |
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