Worksheet 137 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1610 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 152°M and Heron Point Light bears 249°M.
Variation is 7°W (from the rose); a hand-bearing compass held away from the boat's steel is taken to have no deviation. Convert to true, plot the two lines of position, and give the fix as the true bearing FROM Tern Island tower to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Tern Island tower: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1140 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 188°M and Westfield church spire bears 285°M.
Variation is 7°W (from the rose); a hand-bearing compass held away from the boat's steel is taken to have no deviation. Convert to true, plot the two lines of position, and give the fix as the true bearing FROM Red nun "2" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Red nun "2": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1725 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 200°M and Westfield church spire bears 290°M.
Variation is 7°W (from the rose); a hand-bearing compass held away from the boat's steel is taken to have no deviation. Convert to true, plot the two lines of position, and give the fix as the true bearing FROM Green can "1" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Green can "1": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1525 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 254°M and Kittle water tank bears 163°M.
Variation is 7°W (from the rose); a hand-bearing compass held away from the boat's steel is taken to have no deviation. Convert to true, plot the two lines of position, and give the fix as the true bearing FROM Gannet Rock daybeacon to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1310 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 287°M and Mill stack bears 196°M.
Variation is 7°W (from the rose); a hand-bearing compass held away from the boat's steel is taken to have no deviation. Convert to true, plot the two lines of position, and give the fix as the true bearing FROM Red nun "2" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Red nun "2": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 0740 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 224°M and Westfield church spire bears 302°M.
Variation is 7°W (from the rose); a hand-bearing compass held away from the boat's steel is taken to have no deviation. Convert to true, plot the two lines of position, and give the fix as the true bearing FROM Red nun "2" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Red nun "2": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 0855 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 018°M and Heron Point Light bears 278°M.
Variation is 7°W (from the rose); a hand-bearing compass held away from the boat's steel is taken to have no deviation. Convert to true, plot the two lines of position, and give the fix as the true bearing FROM Kittle water tank to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Kittle water tank: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1315 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 268°M and Heron Point Light bears 216°M.
Variation is 7°W (from the rose); a hand-bearing compass held away from the boat's steel is taken to have no deviation. Convert to true, plot the two lines of position, and give the fix as the true bearing FROM Green can "3" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Green can "3": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 143 °T Distance: 1.45 nm | No. 137001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 064 °T Distance: 1.42 nm | No. 137002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 321 °T Distance: 1.82 nm | No. 137003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 339 °T Distance: 0.97 nm | No. 137004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 080 °T Distance: 1.86 nm | No. 137005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 262 °T Distance: 1.01 nm | No. 137006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Kittle water tank: 296 °T Distance: 2.01 nm | No. 137007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 309 °T Distance: 1.86 nm | No. 137008 (worked solution) |