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Worksheet 195 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 1245 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 090°M and Westfield church spire bears 323°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 Heron Point Light to the fix, and the distance.

    Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).

    Bearing from Heron Point Light: ________ °T   Distance: ________ nm  

  2. At 0930 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 119°M and Mill stack bears 203°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  

  3. At 1530 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 168°M and Heron Point Light bears 246°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  

  4. At 0845 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 125°M and Heron Point Light bears 201°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  

  5. At 1550 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 080°M and Mill stack bears 207°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  

  6. At 1635 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 160°M and Mill stack bears 223°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  

  7. At 1035 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 199°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 131°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  

  8. At 1600 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 198°M and Westfield church spire bears 251°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

Practice Sheet No. 1 with the starting fixes of this worksheet 34 41 22 38 29 18 27 44 12 21 19 N VAR 7°W (invented) Heron Sound Heron Point Tern Island Westfield Kittle Gannet Rock Fl W 4s 52ft 14M TR TANK SPIRE STACK Dbn 1 2 3 HS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Border scale: nautical miles (1 nm = 10 ticks) PRACTICE SHEET No. 1 · HERON SOUNDInvented for practice · NOT FOR NAVIGATION · Plotroom

Answer key

No.AnswersProblem
1Bearing from Heron Point Light: 013 °T
Distance: 1.18 nm
No. 195001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Green can "3": 089 °T
Distance: 1.22 nm
No. 195002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Tern Island tower: 105 °T
Distance: 1.49 nm
No. 195003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Green can "3": 313 °T
Distance: 3.30 nm
No. 195004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Green can "3": 150 °T
Distance: 1.93 nm
No. 195005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Tern Island tower: 144 °T
Distance: 2.30 nm
No. 195006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Green can "3": 322 °T
Distance: 3.93 nm
No. 195007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Red nun "2": 332 °T
Distance: 3.15 nm
No. 195008 (worked solution)