Worksheet 291 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1200 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 268°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 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 1350 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 206°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 123°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 1040 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 228°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 119°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: Mill stack bears 210°M and Kittle water tank 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 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 1010 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 224°M and Kittle water tank 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 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 1700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 080°M and Westfield church spire bears 311°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 1335 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 164°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 087°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 1030 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 247°M and Kittle water tank bears 163°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 159 °T Distance: 2.33 nm | No. 291001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 311 °T Distance: 2.76 nm | No. 291002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 324 °T Distance: 0.91 nm | No. 291003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 173 °T Distance: 1.52 nm | No. 291004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 005 °T Distance: 1.23 nm | No. 291005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "1": 147 °T Distance: 1.04 nm | No. 291006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 181 °T Distance: 0.85 nm | No. 291007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 125 °T Distance: 1.32 nm | No. 291008 (worked solution) |