Worksheet 794 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1135 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 149°M and Westfield church spire 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 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 1625 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 300°M and Kittle water tank bears 222°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 Bell buoy "HS" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1455 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 205°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 256°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 Bell buoy "HS" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1115 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 298°M and Kittle water tank 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 Bell buoy "HS" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1625 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 151°M and Mill stack bears 211°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 1325 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 274°M and Mill stack bears 165°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 1715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 173°M and Heron Point Light bears 254°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 1050 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 273°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 351°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "1": 313 °T Distance: 3.09 nm | No. 794001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 174 °T Distance: 4.97 nm | No. 794002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 169 °T Distance: 2.81 nm | No. 794003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 182 °T Distance: 4.60 nm | No. 794004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 169 °T Distance: 1.53 nm | No. 794005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 329 °T Distance: 1.83 nm | No. 794006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 149 °T Distance: 0.91 nm | No. 794007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Kittle water tank: 327 °T Distance: 1.82 nm | No. 794008 (worked solution) |