Worksheet 167 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0750 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 108°M and Mill stack bears 159°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 1600 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 256°M and Mill stack bears 167°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 1520 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 133°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 1535 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 236°M and Heron Point Light bears 180°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 0905 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 252°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 134°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: Mill stack bears 189°M and Heron Point Light bears 268°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 1045 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 158°M and Mill stack bears 214°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 1730 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 323°M and Kittle water tank bears 222°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 311 °T Distance: 1.86 nm | No. 167001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 116 °T Distance: 0.91 nm | No. 167002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 328 °T Distance: 3.55 nm | No. 167003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 311 °T Distance: 3.92 nm | No. 167004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 336 °T Distance: 2.82 nm | No. 167005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 138 °T Distance: 1.91 nm | No. 167006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 145 °T Distance: 1.38 nm | No. 167007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Mill stack: 074 °T Distance: 5.85 nm | No. 167008 (worked solution) |