Worksheet 234 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1350 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 133°M and Mill stack bears 187°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 0700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 145°M and Mill stack bears 209°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 1700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 263°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 1650 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 105°M and Heron Point Light 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 Westfield church spire to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Westfield church spire: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1515 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 282°M and Mill stack bears 212°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 Gannet Rock daybeacon to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1600 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 149°M and Mill stack bears 218°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 Gannet Rock daybeacon to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1135 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 097°M and Heron Point Light bears 225°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 1020 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 216°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 157°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": 357 °T Distance: 1.72 nm | No. 234001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 100 °T Distance: 1.67 nm | No. 234002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 128 °T Distance: 1.18 nm | No. 234003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 103 °T Distance: 1.39 nm | No. 234004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 296 °T Distance: 1.70 nm | No. 234005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 285 °T Distance: 1.23 nm | No. 234006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 270 °T Distance: 0.84 nm | No. 234007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 138 °T Distance: 1.52 nm | No. 234008 (worked solution) |