Worksheet 188 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1045 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 112°M and Mill stack bears 177°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 0725 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 223°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 114°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 252°M and Mill stack bears 190°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 0855 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 081°M and Mill stack bears 152°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 1255 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 293°M and Heron Point Light 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 1125 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 130°M and Heron Point Light bears 221°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 1305 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 251°M and Mill stack bears 156°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 1605 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 204°M and Westfield church spire 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 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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 287 °T Distance: 1.01 nm | No. 188001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 294 °T Distance: 1.32 nm | No. 188002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 320 °T Distance: 2.16 nm | No. 188003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "1": 164 °T Distance: 0.91 nm | No. 188004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 219 °T Distance: 1.16 nm | No. 188005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 342 °T Distance: 1.83 nm | No. 188006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 314 °T Distance: 3.35 nm | No. 188007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 193 °T Distance: 1.25 nm | No. 188008 (worked solution) |