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Worksheet 544 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 0805 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 206°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 257°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  

  2. At 1030 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 111°M and Mill stack bears 186°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  

  3. At 1435 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 061°M and Westfield church spire bears 303°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  

  4. At 1230 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 233°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 134°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  

  5. At 1540 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 146°M and Heron Point Light bears 263°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  

  6. At 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 299°M and Heron Point Light bears 177°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  

  7. At 0910 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 161°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 092°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  

  8. At 0855 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 152°M and Mill stack bears 222°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  

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 Bell buoy "HS": 168 °T
Distance: 2.85 nm
No. 544001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Red nun "2": 051 °T
Distance: 1.45 nm
No. 544002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Mill stack: 030 °T
Distance: 2.18 nm
No. 544003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Green can "3": 326 °T
Distance: 4.31 nm
No. 544004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 244 °T
Distance: 0.94 nm
No. 544005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Green can "1": 302 °T
Distance: 2.71 nm
No. 544006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Green can "3": 231 °T
Distance: 2.16 nm
No. 544007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 284 °T
Distance: 0.88 nm
No. 544008 (worked solution)