Worksheet 705 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0935 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 143°M and Heron Point Light 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 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 1520 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 222°M and Mill stack bears 168°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 1545 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 085°M and Mill stack bears 188°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 1405 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 222°M and Westfield church spire bears 274°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 1445 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 092°M and Westfield church spire bears 334°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 Heron Point Light to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Heron Point Light: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1325 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 295°M and Mill stack bears 208°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 1455 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 227°M and Kittle water tank bears 143°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 0930 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 100°M and Heron Point Light bears 176°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
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "1": 191 °T Distance: 1.05 nm | No. 705001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 337 °T Distance: 0.96 nm | No. 705002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 121 °T Distance: 1.46 nm | No. 705003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 302 °T Distance: 1.37 nm | No. 705004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Heron Point Light: 337 °T Distance: 1.43 nm | No. 705005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 148 °T Distance: 1.95 nm | No. 705006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 354 °T Distance: 1.34 nm | No. 705007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 125 °T Distance: 1.75 nm | No. 705008 (worked solution) |