Worksheet 421 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0920 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 244°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 0730 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 104°M and Heron Point Light bears 173°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 1145 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 123°M and Heron Point Light 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 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 0940 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 262°M and Heron Point Light bears 207°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 1740 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 179°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 112°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: Kittle water tank bears 147°M and Mill stack bears 215°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 1035 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 191°M and Westfield church spire bears 271°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 1430 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 190°M and Westfield church spire bears 246°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
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 071 °T Distance: 1.50 nm | No. 421001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 110 °T Distance: 1.23 nm | No. 421002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 044 °T Distance: 2.87 nm | No. 421003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 341 °T Distance: 2.47 nm | No. 421004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 288 °T Distance: 0.82 nm | No. 421005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 285 °T Distance: 1.48 nm | No. 421006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 307 °T Distance: 2.69 nm | No. 421007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 321 °T Distance: 3.45 nm | No. 421008 (worked solution) |