Worksheet 583 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1100 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 117°M and Heron Point Light bears 214°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 1740 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 131°M and Heron Point Light bears 212°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 1700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 088°M and Mill stack bears 151°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 0825 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 086°M and Mill stack bears 203°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 1520 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 192°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon 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 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 1235 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 200°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 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 1025 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 127°M and Heron Point Light bears 240°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 0840 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 253°M and Mill stack 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 "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": 348 °T Distance: 1.94 nm | No. 583001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 331 °T Distance: 2.64 nm | No. 583002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 223 °T Distance: 1.23 nm | No. 583003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 150 °T Distance: 1.64 nm | No. 583004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 188 °T Distance: 3.41 nm | No. 583005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "1": 304 °T Distance: 1.54 nm | No. 583006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 058 °T Distance: 1.10 nm | No. 583007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 331 °T Distance: 2.75 nm | No. 583008 (worked solution) |