Worksheet 435 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1410 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 288°M and Heron Point Light bears 210°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 0945 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 089°M and Mill stack bears 155°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 1550 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 146°M and Heron Point Light bears 264°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 1240 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 113°M and Heron Point Light bears 233°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 0810 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 263°M and Mill stack 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 "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 0805 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 261°M and Mill stack bears 194°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 1510 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 198°M and Westfield church spire bears 293°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 0705 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 242°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 303 °T Distance: 1.45 nm | No. 435001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 220 °T Distance: 0.99 nm | No. 435002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 182 °T Distance: 0.99 nm | No. 435003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 037 °T Distance: 1.41 nm | No. 435004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 343 °T Distance: 1.84 nm | No. 435005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 307 °T Distance: 1.19 nm | No. 435006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "1": 316 °T Distance: 1.82 nm | No. 435007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 329 °T Distance: 3.63 nm | No. 435008 (worked solution) |