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Worksheet 584 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 0830 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 124°M and Westfield church spire bears 235°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  

  2. At 0815 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 191°M and Westfield church spire bears 290°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  

  3. At 1745 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 067°M and Westfield church spire bears 301°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 1305 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 109°M and Heron Point Light 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 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  

  5. At 0930 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 105°M and Heron Point Light bears 194°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  

  6. At 0750 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 196°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 Westfield church spire to the fix, and the distance.

    Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).

    Bearing from Westfield church spire: ________ °T   Distance: ________ nm  

  7. At 0710 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 022°M and Heron Point Light bears 271°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  

  8. At 1730 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 195°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 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  

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 Red nun "2": 330 °T
Distance: 4.00 nm
No. 584001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Green can "3": 169 °T
Distance: 0.85 nm
No. 584002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Mill stack: 025 °T
Distance: 2.42 nm
No. 584003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Red nun "2": 347 °T
Distance: 1.10 nm
No. 584004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Green can "1": 317 °T
Distance: 2.12 nm
No. 584005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Westfield church spire: 042 °T
Distance: 4.38 nm
No. 584006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Kittle water tank: 315 °T
Distance: 2.45 nm
No. 584007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Tern Island tower: 219 °T
Distance: 1.78 nm
No. 584008 (worked solution)