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Worksheet 770 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 1355 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 220°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 160°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  

  2. At 1035 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 130°M and Mill stack bears 218°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  

  3. At 0805 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 326°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 080°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  

  4. At 0800 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 226°M and Mill stack bears 151°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  

  5. At 1130 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 077°M and Mill stack bears 151°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  

  6. At 1540 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 252°M and Mill stack bears 194°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  

  7. At 1535 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 221°M and Kittle water tank bears 145°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  

  8. At 1605 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 101°M and Heron Point Light bears 204°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  

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 Tern Island tower: 139 °T
Distance: 1.94 nm
No. 770001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Tern Island tower: 156 °T
Distance: 2.03 nm
No. 770002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Heron Point Light: 084 °T
Distance: 0.98 nm
No. 770003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Green can "1": 319 °T
Distance: 4.20 nm
No. 770004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Green can "1": 161 °T
Distance: 1.28 nm
No. 770005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Green can "3": 161 °T
Distance: 1.07 nm
No. 770006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Green can "3": 349 °T
Distance: 2.03 nm
No. 770007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Green can "1": 315 °T
Distance: 1.49 nm
No. 770008 (worked solution)