Worksheet 406 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0820 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 210°M and Heron Point Light bears 269°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 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 249°M and Mill stack bears 184°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 1115 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 259°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 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 1100 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 128°M and Heron Point Light 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 Westfield church spire to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Westfield church spire: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1055 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 158°M and Heron Point Light bears 256°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 1800 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 185°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 111°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 1100 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 278°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 033°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 Kittle water tank to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Kittle water tank: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1420 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 096°M and Mill stack bears 219°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 Green can "3": 158 °T Distance: 2.43 nm | No. 406001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 306 °T Distance: 2.73 nm | No. 406002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 120 °T Distance: 1.56 nm | No. 406003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 039 °T Distance: 3.52 nm | No. 406004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 190 °T Distance: 1.18 nm | No. 406005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 048 °T Distance: 1.40 nm | No. 406006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Kittle water tank: 290 °T Distance: 2.59 nm | No. 406007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 113 °T Distance: 2.38 nm | No. 406008 (worked solution) |