Worksheet 203 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1455 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 141°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 082°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 1630 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 238°M and Mill stack bears 151°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 0825 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 191°M and Westfield church spire bears 284°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 1620 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 190°M and Heron Point Light bears 259°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 1705 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 182°M and Westfield church spire bears 270°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 0930 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 134°M and Westfield church spire bears 233°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 1400 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 260°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 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 1220 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 076°M and Mill stack bears 195°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 "1": 204 °T Distance: 1.05 nm | No. 203001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 319 °T Distance: 3.89 nm | No. 203002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 065 °T Distance: 1.66 nm | No. 203003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 120 °T Distance: 1.56 nm | No. 203004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 332 °T Distance: 1.27 nm | No. 203005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 326 °T Distance: 4.31 nm | No. 203006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "1": 143 °T Distance: 0.86 nm | No. 203007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 129 °T Distance: 1.99 nm | No. 203008 (worked solution) |