Worksheet 26 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The steering compass reads 218°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
You are steering 236° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
A magnetic course of 157°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 steering compass reads 004°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
A bearing on the chart is 208°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 263°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 190°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
A magnetic course of 153°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
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetic heading: 222 °M | No. 26001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | True course: 250 °T | No. 26002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Compass course: 161 °C | No. 26003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Magnetic heading: 359 °M | No. 26004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Magnetic bearing: 200 °M | No. 26005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Compass course: 259 °C | No. 26006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Compass course: 192 °C | No. 26007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 157 °C | No. 26008 (worked solution) |