Worksheet 433 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1430 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 172°M and Westfield church spire bears 262°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 0845 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 259°M and Kittle water tank 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 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 1015 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 188°M and Westfield church spire bears 289°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 1630 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 162°M and Heron Point Light bears 280°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: Mill stack bears 201°M and Westfield church spire bears 287°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 1140 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 115°M and Heron Point Light bears 241°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 1310 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 159°M and Westfield church spire bears 254°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 1510 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 148°M and Heron Point Light bears 248°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 311 °T Distance: 2.32 nm | No. 433001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 272 °T Distance: 0.96 nm | No. 433002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 080 °T Distance: 1.29 nm | No. 433003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "1": 145 °T Distance: 1.89 nm | No. 433004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 126 °T Distance: 1.10 nm | No. 433005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 220 °T Distance: 1.97 nm | No. 433006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 319 °T Distance: 3.11 nm | No. 433007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 149 °T Distance: 1.32 nm | No. 433008 (worked solution) |