Worksheet 903 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1120 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 273°M and Mill stack bears 164°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 0955 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 182°M and Heron Point Light bears 264°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 1435 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 210°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 102°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: Mill stack bears 171°M and Westfield church spire bears 254°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 0930 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 219°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
At 1445 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 259°M and Mill stack bears 162°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 1155 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 246°M and Mill stack bears 175°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 1040 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 315°M and Heron Point Light bears 248°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 Red nun "2": 327 °T Distance: 1.94 nm | No. 903001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 141 °T Distance: 1.57 nm | No. 903002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "1": 327 °T Distance: 1.35 nm | No. 903003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 315 °T Distance: 2.85 nm | No. 903004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 332 °T Distance: 1.84 nm | No. 903005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 325 °T Distance: 2.78 nm | No. 903006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 329 °T Distance: 3.31 nm | No. 903007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 219 °T Distance: 1.54 nm | No. 903008 (worked solution) |