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Worksheet 870 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 1700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 209°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 127°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  

  2. At 1635 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 162°M and Westfield church spire bears 239°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  

  3. At 1010 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 298°M and Kittle water tank 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 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  

  4. At 1035 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 129°M and Heron Point Light bears 204°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  

  5. At 0830 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 124°M and Heron Point Light bears 213°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  

  6. At 1455 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 277°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 006°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 Kittle water tank to the fix, and the distance.

    Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).

    Bearing from Kittle water tank: ________ °T   Distance: ________ nm  

  7. At 1540 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 167°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 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  

  8. At 1520 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 276°M and Mill stack bears 176°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

Practice Sheet No. 1 with the starting fixes of this worksheet 34 41 22 38 29 18 27 44 12 21 19 N VAR 7°W (invented) Heron Sound Heron Point Tern Island Westfield Kittle Gannet Rock Fl W 4s 52ft 14M TR TANK SPIRE STACK Dbn 1 2 3 HS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Border scale: nautical miles (1 nm = 10 ticks) PRACTICE SHEET No. 1 · HERON SOUNDInvented for practice · NOT FOR NAVIGATION · Plotroom

Answer key

No.AnswersProblem
1Bearing from Green can "3": 321 °T
Distance: 2.69 nm
No. 870001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Red nun "2": 328 °T
Distance: 3.77 nm
No. 870002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Tern Island tower: 134 °T
Distance: 4.33 nm
No. 870003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Green can "3": 322 °T
Distance: 3.27 nm
No. 870004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Green can "3": 318 °T
Distance: 2.21 nm
No. 870005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Kittle water tank: 306 °T
Distance: 1.69 nm
No. 870006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Tern Island tower: 117 °T
Distance: 1.65 nm
No. 870007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Green can "3": 298 °T
Distance: 1.25 nm
No. 870008 (worked solution)