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Worksheet 29 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 0755 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 124°M and Westfield church spire bears 250°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  

  2. At 0755 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 174°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 102°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  

  3. At 0915 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 232°M and Mill stack bears 150°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  

  4. At 1120 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 286°M and Mill stack bears 170°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  

  5. At 0710 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 159°M and Westfield church spire bears 242°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  

  6. At 1210 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 246°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 116°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  

  7. At 0715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 195°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 324°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  

  8. At 1050 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 172°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 088°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

Practice Sheet No. 1 with the starting fixes of this worksheet 34 41 22 38 29 18 27 44 12 21 19 N VAR 7°W (invented) Heron Sound Heron Point Tern Island Westfield Kittle Gannet Rock Fl W 4s 52ft 14M TR TANK SPIRE STACK Dbn 1 2 3 HS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Border scale: nautical miles (1 nm = 10 ticks) PRACTICE SHEET No. 1 · HERON SOUNDInvented for practice · NOT FOR NAVIGATION · Plotroom

Answer key

No.AnswersProblem
1Bearing from Green can "3": 311 °T
Distance: 3.22 nm
No. 29001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Green can "3": 244 °T
Distance: 1.16 nm
No. 29002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Green can "1": 317 °T
Distance: 4.03 nm
No. 29003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Green can "1": 018 °T
Distance: 1.41 nm
No. 29004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Red nun "2": 321 °T
Distance: 3.62 nm
No. 29005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Green can "3": 093 °T
Distance: 1.04 nm
No. 29006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Tern Island tower: 141 °T
Distance: 5.39 nm
No. 29007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Red nun "2": 150 °T
Distance: 0.80 nm
No. 29008 (worked solution)