Worksheet 956 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 1055 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 104°M and Mill stack bears 160°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 1440 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 174°M and Mill stack bears 225°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 1655 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 123°M and Mill stack bears 178°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 1240 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 084°M and Mill stack bears 161°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 1330 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 203°M and Heron Point Light bears 259°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 1440 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 227°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 300°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 1600 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 248°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 134°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 0810 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 179°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 118°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
Practice Sheet No. 1
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 304 °T Distance: 1.27 nm | No. 956001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 015 °T Distance: 1.45 nm | No. 956002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Green can "3": 322 °T Distance: 1.67 nm | No. 956003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 183 °T Distance: 1.12 nm | No. 956004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Green can "3": 151 °T Distance: 1.65 nm | No. 956005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 172 °T Distance: 5.07 nm | No. 956006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 168 °T Distance: 1.38 nm | No. 956007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Green can "3": 312 °T Distance: 1.15 nm | No. 956008 (worked solution) |