Worksheet 725 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1255 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 167°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 098°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 1350 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 288°M and Mill stack bears 219°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
At 1110 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 203°M and Heron Point Light bears 273°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 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 199°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 115°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 1305 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 119°M and Heron Point Light bears 197°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
At 0755 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 267°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 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 1220 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 155°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 103°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 1555 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 214°M and Westfield church spire bears 278°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
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "1": 032 °T Distance: 0.81 nm | No. 725001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 266 °T Distance: 1.36 nm | No. 725002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 134 °T Distance: 2.46 nm | No. 725003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 323 °T Distance: 2.57 nm | No. 725004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 066 °T Distance: 2.95 nm | No. 725005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 000 °T Distance: 1.49 nm | No. 725006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "1": 324 °T Distance: 1.57 nm | No. 725007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 332 °T Distance: 1.51 nm | No. 725008 (worked solution) |