Worksheet 208 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1230 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 201°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 272°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 Bell buoy "HS" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 0745 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 197°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 248°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 Bell buoy "HS" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1305 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 097°M and Kittle water tank bears 148°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 1655 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 197°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 081°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 1435 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 162°M and Westfield church spire bears 254°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 1610 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 220°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 1740 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 188°M and Westfield church spire 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 1250 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 109°M and Heron Point Light bears 228°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 Bell buoy "HS": 180 °T Distance: 3.61 nm | No. 208001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 181 °T Distance: 2.62 nm | No. 208002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 163 °T Distance: 2.62 nm | No. 208003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 168 °T Distance: 1.83 nm | No. 208004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 326 °T Distance: 3.02 nm | No. 208005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 348 °T Distance: 2.14 nm | No. 208006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 311 °T Distance: 3.10 nm | No. 208007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 011 °T Distance: 1.00 nm | No. 208008 (worked solution) |