Worksheet 890 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1705 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 172°M and Heron Point Light bears 244°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 1205 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 129°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 "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 1315 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 187°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 0945 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 208°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 101°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 1700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 258°M and Mill stack bears 201°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 1545 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 172°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 112°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 0845 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 238°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 119°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 0755 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 319°M and Heron Point Light bears 215°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 "1": 069 °T Distance: 0.94 nm | No. 890001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "3": 330 °T Distance: 2.35 nm | No. 890002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 185 °T Distance: 1.23 nm | No. 890003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "1": 320 °T Distance: 1.35 nm | No. 890004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 153 °T Distance: 1.55 nm | No. 890005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 354 °T Distance: 1.33 nm | No. 890006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 228 °T Distance: 1.83 nm | No. 890007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "1": 258 °T Distance: 1.22 nm | No. 890008 (worked solution) |