Worksheet 14 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1100 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 144°M and Heron Point Light bears 228°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
At 0900 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 075°M and Westfield church spire bears 307°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 1755 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 201°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 102°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 0930 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 269°M and Kittle water tank bears 143°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 0720 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 125°M and Westfield church spire bears 235°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 0850 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 108°M and Heron Point Light bears 234°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 0945 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 157°M and Westfield church spire bears 243°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: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 125°M and Heron Point Light bears 194°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 Westfield church spire to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Westfield church spire: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 000 °T Distance: 1.36 nm | No. 14001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 124 °T Distance: 1.77 nm | No. 14002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 315 °T Distance: 1.65 nm | No. 14003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 204 °T Distance: 1.16 nm | No. 14004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 332 °T Distance: 4.04 nm | No. 14005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 037 °T Distance: 1.02 nm | No. 14006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 317 °T Distance: 3.61 nm | No. 14007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 051 °T Distance: 3.30 nm | No. 14008 (worked solution) |