Worksheet 52 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1520 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 166°M and Heron Point Light bears 237°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 1535 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 187°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 252°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 Bell buoy "HS" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1250 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 234°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 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 1410 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 268°M and Kittle water tank bears 192°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 Bell buoy "HS" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1550 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 065°M and Westfield church spire bears 302°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 Mill stack to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Mill stack: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1230 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 216°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 103°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 1720 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 228°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 0750 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 252°M and Mill stack bears 175°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": 235 °T Distance: 1.80 nm | No. 52001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 194 °T Distance: 3.25 nm | No. 52002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 041 °T Distance: 1.61 nm | No. 52003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 188 °T Distance: 3.57 nm | No. 52004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Mill stack: 026 °T Distance: 2.30 nm | No. 52005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 302 °T Distance: 1.13 nm | No. 52006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 287 °T Distance: 0.97 nm | No. 52007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 326 °T Distance: 2.85 nm | No. 52008 (worked solution) |