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Worksheet 673 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 1715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 324°M and Heron Point Light bears 209°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  

  2. At 1215 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 236°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 308°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  

  3. At 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 283°M and Mill stack bears 174°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  

  4. At 0845 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 277°M and Heron Point Light bears 202°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 1635 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 183°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 101°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  

  6. At 1125 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 224°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 095°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  

  7. At 0710 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 217°M and Mill stack bears 149°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  

  8. At 0915 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 122°M and Heron Point Light bears 191°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  

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 Green can "1": 252 °T
Distance: 1.49 nm
No. 673001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 173 °T
Distance: 5.56 nm
No. 673002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Red nun "2": 008 °T
Distance: 0.94 nm
No. 673003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Red nun "2": 313 °T
Distance: 2.04 nm
No. 673004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Red nun "2": 074 °T
Distance: 0.96 nm
No. 673005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Red nun "2": 259 °T
Distance: 1.07 nm
No. 673006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Green can "1": 288 °T
Distance: 0.88 nm
No. 673007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Westfield church spire: 052 °T
Distance: 2.88 nm
No. 673008 (worked solution)