Worksheet 654 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0950 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 169°M and Heron Point Light bears 230°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 1605 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 195°M and Heron Point Light bears 272°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 1210 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 186°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 128°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 1505 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 280°M and Mill stack bears 206°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
At 1420 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 245°M and Mill stack bears 193°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 1325 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 082°M and Mill stack bears 147°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 0915 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 125°M and Westfield church spire bears 243°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 0925 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 299°M and Mill stack bears 227°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
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "1": 024 °T Distance: 1.12 nm | No. 654001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 138 °T Distance: 2.23 nm | No. 654002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 351 °T Distance: 1.34 nm | No. 654003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 187 °T Distance: 1.48 nm | No. 654004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 072 °T Distance: 1.73 nm | No. 654005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "1": 185 °T Distance: 0.87 nm | No. 654006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 336 °T Distance: 3.63 nm | No. 654007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 229 °T Distance: 2.37 nm | No. 654008 (worked solution) |