Worksheet 538 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1755 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 094°M and Mill stack bears 156°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 1125 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 110°M and Heron Point Light bears 216°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 0710 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 272°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 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 1010 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 274°M and Mill stack bears 223°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
At 1345 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 246°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 124°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 1055 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 246°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 118°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 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 198°M and Kittle water tank bears 146°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 1615 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 088°M and Mill stack bears 155°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 251 °T Distance: 0.90 nm | No. 538001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 334 °T Distance: 1.38 nm | No. 538002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 308 °T Distance: 1.45 nm | No. 538003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 231 °T Distance: 2.78 nm | No. 538004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 336 °T Distance: 3.44 nm | No. 538005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 321 °T Distance: 3.45 nm | No. 538006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 054 °T Distance: 1.14 nm | No. 538007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 214 °T Distance: 1.03 nm | No. 538008 (worked solution) |