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Worksheet 525 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 0725 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 196°M and Westfield church spire bears 288°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  

  2. At 0955 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 154°M and Heron Point Light 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 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  

  3. At 1140 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 104°M and Heron Point Light bears 174°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  

  4. At 0940 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 082°M and Westfield church spire bears 326°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 Heron Point Light to the fix, and the distance.

    Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).

    Bearing from Heron Point Light: ________ °T   Distance: ________ nm  

  5. At 1635 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 125°M and Heron Point Light 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 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  

  6. At 1420 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 194°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 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  

  7. At 1510 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 266°M and Kittle water tank 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 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  

  8. At 0930 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 066°M and Westfield church spire bears 310°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

Practice Sheet No. 1 with the starting fixes of this worksheet 34 41 22 38 29 18 27 44 12 21 19 N VAR 7°W (invented) Heron Sound Heron Point Tern Island Westfield Kittle Gannet Rock Fl W 4s 52ft 14M TR TANK SPIRE STACK Dbn 1 2 3 HS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Border scale: nautical miles (1 nm = 10 ticks) PRACTICE SHEET No. 1 · HERON SOUNDInvented for practice · NOT FOR NAVIGATION · Plotroom

Answer key

No.AnswersProblem
1Bearing from Green can "1": 319 °T
Distance: 2.04 nm
No. 525001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 304 °T
Distance: 1.16 nm
No. 525002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Westfield church spire: 110 °T
Distance: 1.29 nm
No. 525003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Heron Point Light: 070 °T
Distance: 0.86 nm
No. 525004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Westfield church spire: 048 °T
Distance: 3.23 nm
No. 525005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Westfield church spire: 080 °T
Distance: 2.40 nm
No. 525006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 168 °T
Distance: 3.31 nm
No. 525007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Mill stack: 000 °T
Distance: 1.53 nm
No. 525008 (worked solution)