LO3.

3 EXERCISES

COMPASS DEVIATION

1. The chart indicates that the true bearing of a ranges is 355°. When your vessel is lined up on
the range and steady, you note your compass heading is 000°. What is the compass error?
a. 5° E c. 5° W
b. 10° W d. 10° E

2. Your true course is 232°. The variation for the locality is 4°E. What is the deviation of a
compass when the compass course is 235°?
a. 4° W c. 7° W
b. 17° E d. 3° E

3. Enroute from Valpariso to Callao, the true course is 005°. Variation is 13°E, deviation is 4°W.
A NW wind produces 5° leeway. Which of the ff. courses would you steer PSC to make good
the true course?
a. 351 ° c. 009°
b. 001° d. 019°

4. A range in line is observed bearing 178 PGC. The charted bearing of the range is 175 True.
What course would you steer per gyro compass to head directly on the range?
a. 172° c. 178°
b. 175° d. 181°

5. True course is 116°. A SW wind causes 2° leeway. Variation is 11° E. A portion of the
deviation table read as follows for magnetic heads between east and south.

Ship’s Head Magnetic Deviation

090° 2.0°E
105° 2.0°E
120° 3.0°E
135° 3.0°E
150° 3.0°E
165° 2.0°E
180° 1.0°E

Which of the following courses would you steer PSC to make good the true course?
a. 101° PSC c. 105° PSC
b. 103° PSC d. 107° PSC

6. Course is 178° True, variation is 11°E, deviation is 2°W, the wind is WSW, leeway 3°. What
PSC course would you steer to make good the true course?
a. 169° PSC c. 191° PSC
b. 166° PSC d. 172° PSC

7. A vessel is heading 110° PSC. Variation for the locale is 9°E, deviation is 5°W. A lighthouse
bears 225° PSC. The deviation on a heading 225° is 2°W. Determine the compass error.
a. 7° E c. 3° W
b. 4° E d. 7° W
8. A vessel’s course is 169° PGC. The variation for the locality is 22° E. The deviation is 4° W,
gyro error is 3°E. What is the true course?
a. 161° T c. 169° T
b. 166° T d. 172° T

9. A vessel is heading 223° PGC. The variation of the locality is 13°W. The deviation is 3° E, GE
is 2° E. Wind is NW, leeway is 2°. What is the true course made good?
a. 223° T c. 227° T
b. 225° T d. 237° T

10. The true course between two points is 119°. Your gyro compass has an error of 3°E and
you should make an allowance of 4° leeway for a SSW wind. What gyro course should be
steered to make good the true course?
a. 120° PGC c. 112° PGC
b. 126° PGC d. 118° PGC

11. To make good your desired course you are steering 142° PGC. A SW’ly wind is causing 3°
leeway and there is 1°E gyro error. The variation is 8° W. What course should you steer by
standard magnetic compass to make good the desired course?

Deviation Table
Magnetic Heading Deviation
120° 4°E
135° 2° E
150° 0°

a. 133° c. 148°
b. 146° d. 151°

12. The true course from point A to point B is 317°. A SSW wind causes a 4° leeway, variation
6°W and deviation is 1°E. What course to steer to make good the true course?
a. 326° PSC c. 313° PSC
b. 318° PSC d. 308° PSC

13. While enroute from Sydney to the Panama Canal a vessel’s true course is 071°. Variation is
14°E. Deviation is 4° W. A north breeze causes 2° leeway. What course would you steer PSC in
order to make good the true course?
a. 059° PSC c. 079° PSC
b. 063° PSC d. 061° PSC

14. You want to make good a true course of 137°. A NNE wind produces a 3° leeway. The
variation is 11°W, deviation is 5° E and G/E is 2° E. What course must you steer per
gyrocompass to make good the true course?
a. 132° PGC c. 136° PGC
b. 134° PGC d. 138° PGC