Worksheet 839 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1530 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 091°M and Mill stack bears 174°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 1320 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 133°M and Mill stack bears 184°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 0945 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 267°M and Mill stack bears 169°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 1510 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 271°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 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 1225 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 167°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 100°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 1400 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 254°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 129°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 1800 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 159°M and Westfield church spire bears 272°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 1240 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 278°M and Mill stack bears 210°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 Green can "1": 082 °T Distance: 1.06 nm | No. 839001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 347 °T Distance: 2.02 nm | No. 839002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 342 °T Distance: 2.15 nm | No. 839003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 131 °T Distance: 2.36 nm | No. 839004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "1": 022 °T Distance: 0.94 nm | No. 839005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 326 °T Distance: 2.70 nm | No. 839006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 315 °T Distance: 2.31 nm | No. 839007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 138 °T Distance: 2.81 nm | No. 839008 (worked solution) |