Worksheet 252 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0915 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 183°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 122°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 1500 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 196°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 117°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 1540 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 178°M and Westfield church spire bears 271°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 1545 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 215°M and Westfield church spire bears 318°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 1400 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 235°M and Mill stack bears 171°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 1605 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 196°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 246°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 1710 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 222°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 104°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 0715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 304°M and Mill stack bears 188°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 "3": 333 °T Distance: 1.08 nm | No. 252001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 070 °T Distance: 2.77 nm | No. 252002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 315 °T Distance: 1.39 nm | No. 252003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "1": 260 °T Distance: 1.18 nm | No. 252004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "1": 039 °T Distance: 1.07 nm | No. 252005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 183 °T Distance: 2.56 nm | No. 252006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 321 °T Distance: 0.85 nm | No. 252007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 139 °T Distance: 1.89 nm | No. 252008 (worked solution) |