Worksheet 827 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1210 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 169°M and Westfield church spire bears 247°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 1725 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 104°M and Heron Point Light bears 224°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 1510 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 285°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 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 1535 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 244°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 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 1610 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 182°M and Heron Point Light bears 253°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 0855 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 322°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 091°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
At 1310 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 234°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 1645 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 099°M and Mill stack bears 167°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
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 315 °T Distance: 3.35 nm | No. 827001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 009 °T Distance: 1.25 nm | No. 827002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 284 °T Distance: 1.24 nm | No. 827003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 068 °T Distance: 1.87 nm | No. 827004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 128 °T Distance: 2.16 nm | No. 827005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Heron Point Light: 010 °T Distance: 1.29 nm | No. 827006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 175 °T Distance: 5.59 nm | No. 827007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "1": 027 °T Distance: 0.87 nm | No. 827008 (worked solution) |