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Worksheet 966 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 0755 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 093°M and Heron Point Light 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  

  2. At 1120 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 212°M and Westfield church spire bears 275°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  

  3. At 1030 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 148°M and Heron Point Light bears 227°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  

  4. At 1505 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 270°M and Kittle water tank bears 155°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  

  5. At 1055 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 312°M and Kittle water tank bears 245°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  

  6. At 1520 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Kittle water tank bears 197°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 250°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  

  7. At 1145 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 210°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 126°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  

  8. At 0930 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 189°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 119°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

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 Green can "1": 271 °T
Distance: 2.33 nm
No. 966001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Red nun "2": 334 °T
Distance: 1.70 nm
No. 966002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Tern Island tower: 279 °T
Distance: 1.45 nm
No. 966003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 169 °T
Distance: 1.11 nm
No. 966004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 173 °T
Distance: 5.89 nm
No. 966005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Bell buoy "HS": 182 °T
Distance: 2.72 nm
No. 966006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Green can "3": 320 °T
Distance: 2.55 nm
No. 966007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Westfield church spire: 055 °T
Distance: 2.52 nm
No. 966008 (worked solution)