Worksheet 317 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1540 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 086°M and Mill stack bears 188°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 1445 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 254°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 134°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 1340 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 247°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 1315 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 249°M and Kittle water tank bears 198°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 0945 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 170°M and Mill stack bears 220°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 1150 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 267°M and Mill stack bears 190°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 1315 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 245°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 117°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 275°M and Kittle water tank bears 209°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 119 °T Distance: 1.43 nm | No. 317001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 339 °T Distance: 2.65 nm | No. 317002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 330 °T Distance: 3.23 nm | No. 317003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 180 °T Distance: 2.62 nm | No. 317004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 358 °T Distance: 1.76 nm | No. 317005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 267 °T Distance: 1.48 nm | No. 317006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 318 °T Distance: 3.52 nm | No. 317007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 173 °T Distance: 3.73 nm | No. 317008 (worked solution) |