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Worksheet 373 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 1150 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 305°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 060°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 Mill stack to the fix, and the distance.

    Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).

    Bearing from Mill stack: ________ °T   Distance: ________ nm  

  2. At 0805 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 259°M and Kittle water tank bears 154°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  

  3. At 0715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 254°M and Heron Point Light bears 183°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 1550 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 178°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 115°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  

  5. At 0710 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 246°M and Mill stack bears 178°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  

  6. At 1310 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 213°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  

  7. At 0950 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 241°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 128°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  

  8. At 0800 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 250°M and Mill stack bears 185°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 Mill stack: 029 °T
Distance: 1.92 nm
No. 373001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Tern Island tower: 154 °T
Distance: 2.64 nm
No. 373002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Green can "1": 322 °T
Distance: 3.40 nm
No. 373003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Green can "3": 300 °T
Distance: 1.06 nm
No. 373004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Green can "3": 337 °T
Distance: 3.34 nm
No. 373005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Green can "3": 337 °T
Distance: 2.74 nm
No. 373006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Green can "3": 317 °T
Distance: 3.72 nm
No. 373007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Red nun "2": 102 °T
Distance: 1.10 nm
No. 373008 (worked solution)