Worksheet 35 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1155 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 252°M and Mill stack bears 191°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 1155 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 168°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 091°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 0850 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 129°M and Westfield church spire bears 257°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 1215 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 095°M and Mill stack bears 149°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 1450 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 163°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 1030 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 153°M and Westfield church spire bears 261°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 1405 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 200°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 129°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 0810 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 101°M and Mill stack bears 179°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 324 °T Distance: 2.13 nm | No. 35001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 221 °T Distance: 1.84 nm | No. 35002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 329 °T Distance: 2.43 nm | No. 35003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "1": 292 °T Distance: 0.99 nm | No. 35004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 128 °T Distance: 1.45 nm | No. 35005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "1": 322 °T Distance: 3.18 nm | No. 35006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 319 °T Distance: 3.67 nm | No. 35007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 227 °T Distance: 0.90 nm | No. 35008 (worked solution) |