Worksheet 160 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1100 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 208°M and Westfield church spire bears 293°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 1540 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 131°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 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 1625 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 301°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 061°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 Mill stack to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Mill stack: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1015 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 286°M and Heron Point Light bears 191°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 1540 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 246°M and Mill stack bears 185°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 1020 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 297°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 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 1600 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 099°M and Mill stack bears 171°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 1140 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 186°M and Westfield church spire bears 239°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 142 °T Distance: 1.81 nm | No. 160001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 324 °T Distance: 3.55 nm | No. 160002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Mill stack: 033 °T Distance: 2.45 nm | No. 160003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "1": 316 °T Distance: 2.30 nm | No. 160004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 196 °T Distance: 0.85 nm | No. 160005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 168 °T Distance: 1.71 nm | No. 160006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "1": 042 °T Distance: 1.03 nm | No. 160007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 319 °T Distance: 3.76 nm | No. 160008 (worked solution) |