Worksheet 179 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The course laid off on the chart is 213°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
The course laid off on the chart is 250°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
The course laid off on the chart is 079°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
A bearing on the chart is 300°T. What is it magnetic (for a hand-bearing compass, which is taken to have no deviation)?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic bearing: ________ °M
A magnetic course of 337°M is wanted. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
You are steering 287° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
A bearing on the chart is 148°T. What is it magnetic (for a hand-bearing compass, which is taken to have no deviation)?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic bearing: ________ °M
You are steering 244° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Compass course: 224 °C | No. 179001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Compass course: 264 °C | No. 179002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Compass course: 097 °C | No. 179003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Magnetic bearing: 306 °M | No. 179004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Compass course: 342 °C | No. 179005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | True course: 303 °T | No. 179006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Magnetic bearing: 157 °M | No. 179007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | True course: 250 °T | No. 179008 (worked solution) |