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Worksheet 99 · Skill 4

Two-bearing fix

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  1. At 0810 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 198°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 108°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  

  2. At 0855 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 225°M and Westfield church spire 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 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  

  3. At 1650 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 184°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 103°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  

  4. At 0835 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 251°M and Kittle water tank bears 166°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 1555 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 229°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 110°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  

  6. At 1540 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Heron Point Light bears 233°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 "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  

  7. At 1035 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Westfield church spire bears 239°M and Heron Point Light 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 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  

  8. At 1455 you take two bearings with a hand-bearing compass: Mill stack bears 200°M and Gannet Rock daybeacon bears 090°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

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 "3": 116 °T
Distance: 0.81 nm
No. 99001 (worked solution)
2Bearing from Green can "3": 301 °T
Distance: 1.14 nm
No. 99002 (worked solution)
3Bearing from Westfield church spire: 110 °T
Distance: 1.86 nm
No. 99003 (worked solution)
4Bearing from Gannet Rock daybeacon: 349 °T
Distance: 1.40 nm
No. 99004 (worked solution)
5Bearing from Green can "3": 278 °T
Distance: 0.98 nm
No. 99005 (worked solution)
6Bearing from Green can "1": 032 °T
Distance: 1.02 nm
No. 99006 (worked solution)
7Bearing from Red nun "2": 322 °T
Distance: 3.75 nm
No. 99007 (worked solution)
8Bearing from Green can "3": 152 °T
Distance: 1.42 nm
No. 99008 (worked solution)