Worksheet 246 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1050 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 248°M and Mill stack bears 173°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 1210 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 262°M and Mill stack 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 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 0955 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 092°M and Westfield church spire bears 332°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
At 1545 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 255°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 132°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 1520 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 284°M and Mill stack bears 205°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 1420 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 106°M and Heron Point Light bears 200°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 1250 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 142°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 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 1355 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 187°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 114°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "1": 082 °T Distance: 1.00 nm | No. 246001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 324 °T Distance: 2.07 nm | No. 246002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Heron Point Light: 341 °T Distance: 1.40 nm | No. 246003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 335 °T Distance: 2.57 nm | No. 246004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 105 °T Distance: 1.33 nm | No. 246005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "1": 326 °T Distance: 1.97 nm | No. 246006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 345 °T Distance: 1.41 nm | No. 246007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 067 °T Distance: 2.06 nm | No. 246008 (worked solution) |