Worksheet 888 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1335 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 187°M and Westfield church spire bears 249°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 0710 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 274°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 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 1425 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 323°M and Heron Point Light bears 214°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 1045 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 279°M and Mill stack bears 150°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 1610 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 249°M and Mill stack bears 166°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: Heron Point Light bears 252°M and Mill stack bears 198°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 1005 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 300°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 1010 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 219°M and Kittle water tank bears 163°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 315 °T Distance: 2.56 nm | No. 888001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 013 °T Distance: 0.82 nm | No. 888002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 251 °T Distance: 1.40 nm | No. 888003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "1": 314 °T Distance: 2.79 nm | No. 888004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 335 °T Distance: 3.26 nm | No. 888005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 145 °T Distance: 1.08 nm | No. 888006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 125 °T Distance: 1.86 nm | No. 888007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 338 °T Distance: 1.36 nm | No. 888008 (worked solution) |