Worksheet 895 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0830 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 154°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 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
At 1625 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 202°M and Mill stack bears 145°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 0750 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 145°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 080°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 1235 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 176°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 120°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 0740 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 101°M and Mill stack bears 155°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 1735 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 195°M and Westfield church spire bears 256°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 1700 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 282°M and Mill stack bears 179°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 1315 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 279°M and Mill stack bears 205°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 304 °T Distance: 1.18 nm | No. 895001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 286 °T Distance: 1.38 nm | No. 895002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 182 °T Distance: 1.06 nm | No. 895003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 312 °T Distance: 1.63 nm | No. 895004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "1": 323 °T Distance: 1.30 nm | No. 895005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 333 °T Distance: 1.60 nm | No. 895006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 029 °T Distance: 1.12 nm | No. 895007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 189 °T Distance: 1.37 nm | No. 895008 (worked solution) |