Worksheet 822 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1220 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 147°M and Heron Point Light bears 269°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 0740 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 168°M and Heron Point Light bears 245°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 0955 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 301°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 0715 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 256°M and Mill stack bears 190°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 1025 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 305°M and Heron Point Light bears 228°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 0720 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 205°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 310°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 1440 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 298°M and Heron Point Light bears 220°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 1020 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 282°M and Mill stack bears 202°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "1": 173 °T Distance: 1.14 nm | No. 822001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 222 °T Distance: 1.82 nm | No. 822002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 132 °T Distance: 1.50 nm | No. 822003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 309 °T Distance: 1.83 nm | No. 822004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 250 °T Distance: 1.05 nm | No. 822005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 183 °T Distance: 5.08 nm | No. 822006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "1": 331 °T Distance: 0.84 nm | No. 822007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 094 °T Distance: 1.11 nm | No. 822008 (worked solution) |