Worksheet 844 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1130 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 195°M and Heron Point Light bears 252°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 0920 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 068°M and Mill stack bears 196°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 1150 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 184°M and Westfield church spire bears 293°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 1455 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 125°M and Heron Point Light bears 229°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 1325 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 234°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 126°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 0945 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 260°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 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 0725 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 185°M and Westfield church spire bears 280°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 0935 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 237°M and Mill stack bears 154°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 "3": 157 °T Distance: 1.07 nm | No. 844001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 141 °T Distance: 2.36 nm | No. 844002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 308 °T Distance: 2.46 nm | No. 844003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 352 °T Distance: 1.05 nm | No. 844004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 333 °T Distance: 4.12 nm | No. 844005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 312 °T Distance: 1.26 nm | No. 844006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 043 °T Distance: 1.52 nm | No. 844007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 312 °T Distance: 3.88 nm | No. 844008 (worked solution) |