Worksheet 218 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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A magnetic course of 160°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
The course laid off on the chart is 106°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
The steering compass reads 101°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
A magnetic course of 295°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
A bearing on the chart is 134°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
The steering compass reads 175°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
You are steering 213° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
The course laid off on the chart is 084°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Compass course: 161 °C | No. 218001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Compass course: 113 °C | No. 218002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Magnetic heading: 104 °M | No. 218003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Compass course: 294 °C | No. 218004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Magnetic bearing: 123 °M | No. 218005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Magnetic heading: 173 °M | No. 218006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | True course: 220 °T | No. 218007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 092 °C | No. 218008 (worked solution) |