Worksheet 523 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 206°M and Mill stack bears 150°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 0950 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 227°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 132°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 1115 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 103°M and Heron Point Light bears 180°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 1745 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 174°M and Westfield church spire bears 301°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 0805 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 180°M and Westfield church spire bears 277°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 1255 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 274°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 349°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 Kittle water tank to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Kittle water tank: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1300 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 182°M and Westfield church spire bears 270°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 1755 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 306°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 070°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "1": 304 °T Distance: 1.29 nm | No. 523001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 321 °T Distance: 4.69 nm | No. 523002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 111 °T Distance: 1.67 nm | No. 523003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 145 °T Distance: 0.91 nm | No. 523004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 305 °T Distance: 0.88 nm | No. 523005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Kittle water tank: 328 °T Distance: 1.66 nm | No. 523006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 332 °T Distance: 1.27 nm | No. 523007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Mill stack: 005 °T Distance: 1.96 nm | No. 523008 (worked solution) |