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Course Navigācija un locija
Exercise No. 308 Revision 2 Edition 20.04.2017
Title FIX POSITION WITH 3 DISTANCES
Reference Navigācija un locija Duration 3 hours
Responsibility Form is used by trainee

OBJECTIVE OF EXERCISE:

The objective of this exercise is: to understand Position fixing method.

EXERCISE DESCRIPTION:

Remarks:
1. Use for answer College’s Answer Form in Word format.
2. Show your calculations and formulas used for calculations, if any.

In this exercise you should use BA chart 2565 ( chart you can take in college ) and answer the
questions:

1. Fix ship’s position using 3 radar distances. Indicate ship’s coordinates.

Gweennap Hd Ship’s coordinates

WOLF ROCK Lth , Tater-du Lth ,
(50°02.2’N
n.m n.m
005°40.8’W) , n.m
1. 6.8 15.3 12.8
2. 7.4 14.4 12.2
3. 8.7 13.7 12.1
4. 11.0 13.1 12.7
5. 11.6 13.2 12.9
WOLF ROCK Lth , Tater-du Lth , LIZARD POINT ,
n.m n.m n.m
6. 13.3 13.4 13.9
7. 16.6 14.6 10.9
8. 11.6 11.2 13.7
Gweennap Hd
WOLF ROCK Lth , Tater-du Lth , (50°02.2’N
n.m n.m 005°40.8’W) , n.m
9. 11.6 11.3 11.6
10. 11.0 9.3 9.8

2. Describe IN DETAIL how to use and limitations of this method.

© NOVIKONTAS Form CHS-PT

Rev.05.08.2011
 PERFORMANCE CRITERIA: Evaluation Scale
Reference skills and knowledge or question 3 2 1
1. Fix Positions using 3 radar distances.
2. Observation theory.
TOTAL:

ASSESSMENT CRITERIA:

Each subject to be performed accordingly

Performed correct: 3 points
Performed partly: 2 points
Major mistakes: 1 point
Not performed: 0 point

Maximum points of this exercise: 6 points

Requirement to achieve objective of exercise: 5 points

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Rev.05.08.2011