Worksheet 745 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0735 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 189°M and Westfield church spire bears 258°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
At 1730 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 274°M and Mill stack bears 150°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 0815 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 153°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 092°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 0920 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 190°M and Westfield church spire bears 262°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
At 1620 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 148°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 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: Heron Point Light bears 270°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 348°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 1415 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 267°M and Mill stack 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 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
At 0800 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 243°M and Heron Point Light bears 187°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 Tern Island tower: 300 °T Distance: 1.78 nm | No. 745001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 315 °T Distance: 2.96 nm | No. 745002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 242 °T Distance: 1.08 nm | No. 745003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 288 °T Distance: 1.52 nm | No. 745004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 224 °T Distance: 1.41 nm | No. 745005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Kittle water tank: 332 °T Distance: 2.19 nm | No. 745006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 268 °T Distance: 1.37 nm | No. 745007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 318 °T Distance: 3.60 nm | No. 745008 (worked solution) |