Worksheet 254 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0805 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 172°M and Heron Point Light 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 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 1330 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 178°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 094°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 1630 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 261°M and Mill stack bears 179°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 1320 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 196°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 086°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 1320 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 127°M and Mill stack bears 208°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 1255 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 264°M and Mill stack bears 178°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 0825 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 168°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 111°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 1145 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 299°M and Mill stack bears 201°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "1": 083 °T Distance: 0.95 nm | No. 254001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 276 °T Distance: 2.07 nm | No. 254002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 331 °T Distance: 2.08 nm | No. 254003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 165 °T Distance: 1.55 nm | No. 254004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 179 °T Distance: 1.47 nm | No. 254005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 325 °T Distance: 1.88 nm | No. 254006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 338 °T Distance: 1.43 nm | No. 254007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 164 °T Distance: 2.06 nm | No. 254008 (worked solution) |