Worksheet 711 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1235 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 256°M and Mill stack bears 169°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 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 166°M and Westfield church spire bears 247°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 1445 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 205°M and Westfield church spire bears 299°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 1325 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 297°M and Heron Point Light 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 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 0750 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 278°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 035°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
At 1320 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 181°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 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 1425 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 123°M and Mill stack bears 181°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 0950 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 324°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 087°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 310 °T Distance: 2.84 nm | No. 711001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 336 °T Distance: 3.38 nm | No. 711002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 161 °T Distance: 2.18 nm | No. 711003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "1": 066 °T Distance: 0.88 nm | No. 711004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Kittle water tank: 290 °T Distance: 2.67 nm | No. 711005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "1": 280 °T Distance: 2.01 nm | No. 711006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 329 °T Distance: 1.35 nm | No. 711007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Heron Point Light: 032 °T Distance: 0.96 nm | No. 711008 (worked solution) |