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Worksheet 960 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 1300 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 308°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 069°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 Mill stack to the fix, and the distance.

    Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).

    Bearing from Mill stack: ________ °T   Distance: ________ nm  

  2. At 0920 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 355°M and Heron Point Light bears 276°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 Kittle water tank to the fix, and the distance.

    Tolerance: 2° and 0.15 nm (or 4 % of the distance).

    Bearing from Kittle water tank: ________ °T   Distance: ________ nm  

  3. At 1050 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 306°M and Heron Point Light bears 237°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  

  4. At 1610 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 229°M and Westfield church spire bears 305°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  

  5. At 1300 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 168°M and Heron Point Light bears 249°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  

  6. At 1315 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 231°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 131°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  

  7. At 0850 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 318°M and Kittle water tank bears 238°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  

  8. At 0755 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 183°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 115°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

Practice Sheet No. 1 with the starting fixes of this worksheet 34 41 22 38 29 18 27 44 12 21 19 N VAR 7°W (invented) Heron Sound Heron Point Tern Island Westfield Kittle Gannet Rock Fl W 4s 52ft 14M TR TANK SPIRE STACK Dbn 1 2 3 HS 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Border scale: nautical miles (1 nm = 10 ticks) PRACTICE SHEET No. 1 · HERON SOUNDInvented for practice · NOT FOR NAVIGATION · Plotroom

Answer key

No.AnswersProblem
1Bearing from Mill stack: 000 °T
Distance: 1.79 nm
No. 960001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Kittle water tank: 318 °T
Distance: 1.51 nm
No. 960002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Red nun "2": 231 °T
Distance: 0.93 nm
No. 960003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Red nun "2": 248 °T
Distance: 1.02 nm
No. 960004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Tern Island tower: 127 °T
Distance: 1.59 nm
No. 960005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Green can "3": 320 °T
Distance: 4.40 nm
No. 960006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 177 °T
Distance: 5.95 nm
No. 960007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Red nun "2": 034 °T
Distance: 1.54 nm
No. 960008 (worked solution)