Worksheet 515 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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A bearing on the chart is 170°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 course laid off on the chart is 266°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 084°T. 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 315° 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 167°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 212° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
You are steering 119° 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 309°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 bearing: 182 °M | No. 515001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Compass course: 267 °C | No. 515002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Compass course: 071 °C | No. 515003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | True course: 310 °T | No. 515004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Magnetic bearing: 168 °M | No. 515005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | True course: 203 °T | No. 515006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | True course: 121 °T | No. 515007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 310 °C | No. 515008 (worked solution) |