Worksheet 534 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1240 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 110°M and Heron Point Light bears 208°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 0945 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 249°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 128°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 1605 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 252°M and Kittle water tank bears 195°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 1255 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 250°M and Heron Point Light bears 197°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 1325 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 180°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 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 0740 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 291°M and Heron Point Light bears 230°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 1125 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 348°M and Heron Point Light bears 278°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 0925 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 267°M and Mill stack 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 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 Red nun "2": 321 °T Distance: 1.76 nm | No. 534001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 320 °T Distance: 3.14 nm | No. 534002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 185 °T Distance: 2.90 nm | No. 534003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 331 °T Distance: 3.20 nm | No. 534004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 139 °T Distance: 1.33 nm | No. 534005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "1": 023 °T Distance: 1.06 nm | No. 534006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Kittle water tank: 322 °T Distance: 1.09 nm | No. 534007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 310 °T Distance: 1.90 nm | No. 534008 (worked solution) |