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Worksheet 719 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 1400 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 213°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 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 0705 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 133°M and Heron Point Light bears 210°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  

  3. At 0715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 317°M and Heron Point Light 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 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  

  4. At 1430 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 269°M and Heron Point Light bears 203°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 1310 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 255°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 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  

  6. At 1445 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 275°M and Mill stack bears 148°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  

  7. At 1245 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 248°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 177°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  

  8. At 1030 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 247°M and Mill stack bears 163°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

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": 322 °T
Distance: 1.12 nm
No. 719001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Green can "3": 333 °T
Distance: 2.96 nm
No. 719002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Green can "1": 185 °T
Distance: 1.04 nm
No. 719003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Red nun "2": 324 °T
Distance: 2.24 nm
No. 719004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Tern Island tower: 325 °T
Distance: 1.76 nm
No. 719005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Green can "1": 311 °T
Distance: 3.13 nm
No. 719006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Tern Island tower: 115 °T
Distance: 1.63 nm
No. 719007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Red nun "2": 329 °T
Distance: 3.36 nm
No. 719008 (worked solution)