Worksheet 296 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1445 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 268°M and Kittle water tank bears 146°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 1340 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 211°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 100°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 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 134°M and Heron Point Light bears 217°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 0825 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 248°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 176°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 1235 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 132°M and Mill stack bears 216°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 1440 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 297°M and Mill stack bears 197°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 1505 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 229°M and Westfield church spire bears 279°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 0725 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 216°M and Westfield church spire bears 309°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 204 °T Distance: 1.01 nm | No. 296001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 320 °T Distance: 1.20 nm | No. 296002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 343 °T Distance: 2.38 nm | No. 296003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 116 °T Distance: 1.61 nm | No. 296004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 158 °T Distance: 1.85 nm | No. 296005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 166 °T Distance: 1.74 nm | No. 296006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 293 °T Distance: 0.86 nm | No. 296007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "1": 285 °T Distance: 0.92 nm | No. 296008 (worked solution) |