Worksheet 53 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1020 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 229°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 116°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 1430 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 155°M and Heron Point Light bears 228°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 1505 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 284°M and Heron Point Light bears 221°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 0835 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 266°M and Kittle water tank bears 148°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 1440 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 237°M and Mill stack bears 148°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 287°M and Mill stack bears 172°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 0705 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 168°M and Westfield church spire bears 284°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 1020 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 229°M and Westfield church spire bears 282°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": 310 °T Distance: 0.81 nm | No. 53001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 252 °T Distance: 0.97 nm | No. 53002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 335 °T Distance: 1.02 nm | No. 53003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 273 °T Distance: 1.31 nm | No. 53004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "1": 313 °T Distance: 3.94 nm | No. 53005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 258 °T Distance: 1.29 nm | No. 53006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 337 °T Distance: 1.00 nm | No. 53007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 276 °T Distance: 1.01 nm | No. 53008 (worked solution) |