Worksheet 965 · Skill 4
Two-bearing fix
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At 0835 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 109°M and Mill stack bears 206°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: Heron Point Light bears 261°M and Mill stack bears 167°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 1750 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 307°M and Mill stack bears 187°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 1145 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 214°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 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 0815 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 261°M and Mill stack bears 188°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 1550 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 202°M and Westfield church spire bears 292°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 1205 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 183°M and Heron Point Light bears 267°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 1125 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 198°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 121°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 Green can "3": 108 °T Distance: 1.40 nm | No. 965001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Bearing from Green can "1": 125 °T Distance: 1.10 nm | No. 965002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 146 °T Distance: 2.14 nm | No. 965003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Bearing from Green can "3": 339 °T Distance: 2.65 nm | No. 965004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Bearing from Tern Island tower: 287 °T Distance: 1.76 nm | No. 965005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Bearing from Green can "3": 146 °T Distance: 1.46 nm | No. 965006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 143 °T Distance: 1.74 nm | No. 965007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Bearing from Red nun "2": 332 °T Distance: 3.15 nm | No. 965008 (worked solution) |