Worksheet 589 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1800 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 181°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 112°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
At 1515 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 209°M and Westfield church spire bears 265°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 1045 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 205°M and Westfield church spire bears 264°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 1745 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 261°M and Mill stack bears 158°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 1245 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 243°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
At 1420 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 181°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 126°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 1610 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 189°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 109°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 1320 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 284°M and Mill stack bears 172°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 Westfield church spire: 066 °T Distance: 1.61 nm | No. 589001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 342 °T Distance: 2.28 nm | No. 589002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 334 °T Distance: 2.39 nm | No. 589003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 316 °T Distance: 2.87 nm | No. 589004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 218 °T Distance: 1.01 nm | No. 589005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 333 °T Distance: 1.62 nm | No. 589006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 062 °T Distance: 1.54 nm | No. 589007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 358 °T Distance: 0.88 nm | No. 589008 (worked solution) |