Worksheet 92 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The steering compass reads 075°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
A magnetic course of 222°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 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
A magnetic course of 041°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 166° 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 321° 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 286°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 323°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 | Magnetic heading: 078 °M | No. 92001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Compass course: 228 °C | No. 92002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Magnetic bearing: 182 °M | No. 92003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Compass course: 046 °C | No. 92004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | True course: 176 °T | No. 92005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | True course: 328 °T | No. 92006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Compass course: 281 °C | No. 92007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 320 °C | No. 92008 (worked solution) |