Worksheet 259 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1800 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 110°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 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 1000 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 181°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 101°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 1510 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 322°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 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 1110 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 190°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 112°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 0915 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 326°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 079°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 0915 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 251°M and Westfield church spire bears 322°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 1105 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 244°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 121°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 0715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 258°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 133°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 Red nun "2": 029 °T Distance: 1.12 nm | No. 259001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 118 °T Distance: 1.86 nm | No. 259002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 225 °T Distance: 1.20 nm | No. 259003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 058 °T Distance: 1.70 nm | No. 259004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Heron Point Light: 090 °T Distance: 1.05 nm | No. 259005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "1": 221 °T Distance: 1.20 nm | No. 259006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 080 °T Distance: 1.07 nm | No. 259007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 341 °T Distance: 2.30 nm | No. 259008 (worked solution) |