Worksheet 46 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1615 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 188°M and Westfield church spire bears 295°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 1515 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 106°M and Mill stack bears 204°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 1625 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 093°M and Mill stack bears 189°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 1720 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 206°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 130°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 1055 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 147°M and Westfield church spire bears 267°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 1350 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 262°M and Kittle water tank bears 153°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 1550 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 243°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 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 1735 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 215°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 157°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": 182 °T Distance: 1.31 nm | No. 46001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 115 °T Distance: 1.26 nm | No. 46002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 179 °T Distance: 1.14 nm | No. 46003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 325 °T Distance: 3.14 nm | No. 46004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 268 °T Distance: 1.37 nm | No. 46005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 154 °T Distance: 3.00 nm | No. 46006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 214 °T Distance: 1.89 nm | No. 46007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 137 °T Distance: 1.40 nm | No. 46008 (worked solution) |