Worksheet 277 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 208°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
At 0750 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 192°M and Westfield church spire bears 290°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 1245 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 126°M and Heron Point Light bears 194°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 1325 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 203°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 130°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 0945 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 153°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 075°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 1505 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 130°M and Westfield church spire bears 232°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 0915 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 256°M and Kittle water tank bears 161°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 1405 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 170°M and Heron Point Light bears 256°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": 331 °T Distance: 3.15 nm | No. 277001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 165 °T Distance: 0.88 nm | No. 277002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 050 °T Distance: 3.40 nm | No. 277003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 323 °T Distance: 3.43 nm | No. 277004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "1": 155 °T Distance: 1.47 nm | No. 277005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 318 °T Distance: 4.32 nm | No. 277006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 143 °T Distance: 2.36 nm | No. 277007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 159 °T Distance: 1.01 nm | No. 277008 (worked solution) |