Worksheet 76 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0850 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 107°M and Mill stack bears 199°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 1030 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 187°M and Westfield church spire 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 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 0810 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 204°M and Westfield church spire bears 307°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 1235 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 110°M and Heron Point Light bears 207°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 1730 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 215°M and Kittle water tank bears 152°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 1450 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 084°M and Westfield church spire bears 321°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 1535 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 264°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 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 0955 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 272°M and Kittle water tank bears 146°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 118 °T Distance: 0.89 nm | No. 76001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 318 °T Distance: 3.60 nm | No. 76002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 295 °T Distance: 1.32 nm | No. 76003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 320 °T Distance: 1.81 nm | No. 76004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 302 °T Distance: 1.44 nm | No. 76005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "1": 223 °T Distance: 1.13 nm | No. 76006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 240 °T Distance: 1.11 nm | No. 76007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 181 °T Distance: 1.37 nm | No. 76008 (worked solution) |