Worksheet 244 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 121°M and Mill stack bears 176°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 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 190°M and Westfield church spire bears 281°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 1305 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 256°M and Mill stack bears 194°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 1230 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 178°M and Westfield church spire bears 245°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 0950 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 248°M and Kittle water tank bears 166°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 1730 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 156°M and Heron Point Light bears 247°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 0835 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 152°M and Heron Point Light bears 258°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 1140 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 170°M and Westfield church spire bears 291°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 314 °T Distance: 1.72 nm | No. 244001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 319 °T Distance: 2.47 nm | No. 244002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 328 °T Distance: 1.62 nm | No. 244003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "1": 318 °T Distance: 3.71 nm | No. 244004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 118 °T Distance: 1.56 nm | No. 244005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 153 °T Distance: 1.20 nm | No. 244006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 283 °T Distance: 0.86 nm | No. 244007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "1": 031 °T Distance: 1.09 nm | No. 244008 (worked solution) |