Worksheet 810 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1340 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 286°M and Heron Point Light bears 236°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 1440 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 316°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 082°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 0925 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 189°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 241°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 1205 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 213°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 110°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 1230 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 243°M and Mill stack bears 185°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 1345 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 077°M and Kittle water tank bears 144°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 1350 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 237°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 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 0915 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 156°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 095°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 Red nun "2": 045 °T Distance: 0.87 nm | No. 810001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 189 °T Distance: 0.89 nm | No. 810002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 194 °T Distance: 2.76 nm | No. 810003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 328 °T Distance: 1.52 nm | No. 810004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 073 °T Distance: 1.11 nm | No. 810005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 118 °T Distance: 2.77 nm | No. 810006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 039 °T Distance: 0.82 nm | No. 810007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 258 °T Distance: 0.93 nm | No. 810008 (worked solution) |