Worksheet 947 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1150 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 166°M and Westfield church spire bears 296°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 0935 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 172°M and Mill stack bears 226°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 1730 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 237°M and Mill stack bears 165°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 0955 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 202°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon 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 Bell buoy "HS" to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
At 1110 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 095°M and Mill stack bears 165°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 0840 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 116°M and Mill stack bears 220°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 1050 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 234°M and Kittle water tank 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 "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 1450 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 104°M and Heron Point Light bears 174°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 Westfield church spire to the fix, and the distance.
Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).
Bearing from Westfield church spire: ________ °T Distance: ________ nm
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Green can "3": 239 °T Distance: 1.77 nm | No. 947001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 015 °T Distance: 1.15 nm | No. 947002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 235 °T Distance: 1.87 nm | No. 947003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 174 °T Distance: 2.76 nm | No. 947004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 235 °T Distance: 1.87 nm | No. 947005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 159 °T Distance: 2.31 nm | No. 947006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Green can "3": 026 °T Distance: 1.11 nm | No. 947007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Westfield church spire: 110 °T Distance: 1.29 nm | No. 947008 (worked solution) |