Worksheet 275 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1605 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 184°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 076°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 0855 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 307°M and Kittle water tank bears 211°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 1305 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 202°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 110°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 1115 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 109°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 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 1650 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 210°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 103°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 0900 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 141°M and Heron Point Light bears 268°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 1410 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 195°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 257°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 1140 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 295°M and Mill stack 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 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": 143 °T Distance: 1.79 nm | No. 275001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 180 °T Distance: 5.06 nm | No. 275002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 314 °T Distance: 2.07 nm | No. 275003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 351 °T Distance: 1.07 nm | No. 275004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "1": 331 °T Distance: 1.41 nm | No. 275005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 216 °T Distance: 1.20 nm | No. 275006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 185 °T Distance: 3.11 nm | No. 275007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 242 °T Distance: 1.75 nm | No. 275008 (worked solution) |