STAGGERRED OBSERVATION 1. FOR A VESSEL STEAMING ON A COURSE OF 030° (T) A LIGHT IN POSITION 43° 09'N 009° 13'°W BORE 190°T). AFTER STEAMING FOR 4 HOURS ON SAME COURSE AT 15 KTS , CURRENT SETTING EAST AT 1_5KTS AN ASTRONOMICAL SIGHT CALCULATED USING DR POSITION 44° 20’N 008° 12.1°W GAVE AN INTERCEPT 4.0’ (TOWARDS), AZIMUTH 350° (T). FIND THE POSITION OF THE VESSEL AT THE TIME OF ASTRONOMICAL SIGHT SOLUTION Course Dist dep rk Ww Rum: 030°CT) =N30°E, or 200 Resultant 36.0" LT Ho. Posn Lat 43°09.0°N Long 009° 13.0°W Milat 43° 35.0°N Res. @lat__SLO'N @long —49.7°E dep 36.0°E ‘Transferred Lt Ho. Posn Lat 44°01.0°N — Long 008° 23.3’W. FOR PLOTTING «PLL Transferred Lt Ho. Posn: DR LAT44" 01.0’ N & DR LONG 008° 23.3” W (Brg of Lt Ho.from Ship : 190° (T)) Therefore, Brg of ship from Lt Ho.transferred Posn: 010°(T) PL2 2Posn: DR LAT 44” 20°N DR LONG, 008" 12.1W ‘Az:350(T), Intercept 4.0° (Towards) PL 080°(T) ---—- 260°(1) D'Long 11.2" M'Lat 44° 10.9°N Dia 19° Dep 8.0" ‘FROM PLOT lat 3.4°N dep 40° DRLAT 44°20.0°N lat 3.4°N Fix LAT 44° 23.4°N M'Lat 44° 21.7°N DRLong 008° 23.3" W Dong sak Fix Tang 008 17.7 W 2” Mate's Staggered 1 Capt.MartinsMENTION THE SCALE USED 2. FROM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, FIND THE POSITION OF THE SHIP AT 1800 HRS, SHIP'S COURSE 302°(T), SPEED 20 KTS. DR POSITION AT 1800 HRS USED FOR BOTH THE OBSERVATIONS IS 20° 15'S 030° 36°W AT 1751. HRS STAR VEGA GAVE AZIMUTH 135°(T), INTERCEPT 4.3’ TOWARDS AT 1812 HRS STAR ALTAIR GAVE AZIMUTH 056°(T), INTERCEPT 1.5’ AWAY SOLUTION: T DEP 0.7°E DLAT LYS DRLAT 20° 15.0°S DR LONG 030° 36.0°W DLAT. o1vs LONG Ose 1800 FIX LAT 20° 16.1°S 1200 FTX LONG 030° 35.2°E D°LONG = DEP / Cos M'LAT. = 0.7? / Cos 20° 15.5 E 2° Mate’s Staggerred 2 ‘Capt.MartinsMENTION THE SCALE USED PL1 1800 a DR [at 20° 15'S. Az 0567(T] PLI 4757 int 1.5" Away DR Tong 030" 36 3. VESSEL STEERING A COURSE OF 334° (T) AT 15 KNOTS. AT 0300 HRS, NEW MANGALORE (12° 48'N 074° 54’E) BORE 090° (T) 40 M OFF. AT 0600 HRS THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATION WERE MADE: TIME [BODY AZIMUTH | RESULT ul 0600 {BETELGEUS 080°(T) | INTER 2M- i TOWARDS 0600 __| POLARIS 003°(T) __ | OBS LAT 13°40 FIND THE OBSERVED POSITION AT 0600 HRS. ‘SOLUTION: Course Dist lat N s ‘N.Mang-ship=270°(T)=W 40° _ rr : Resultant 40.4" a ca eT New Mangalore Posn Lat 12° 48.0°N Long 074° 54.0°E Milat 13.19°N " ll °OLs" dep 59.7°W DR Lat 13°28.4’N_ DR Long 074° 52.7E PLI Posn : DR Lat 13°28.4’N DR Long 073° 52.7°E 2™ Mate’s Staggered 3 Capt.MartinsAz: 080°(T), INT 2’ TOWARDS, PLI; 170°(P) —— 350°(T) PL2 Posn : DR Lat 13°40.4°N_ DR Long 073° 52.7°E Az: 001°CT), PL2 ; 091°C) -—- 271°) IENTION THE SCALE USED PL2 0600 FROM PLOT @lat 0 ep 0 Fix LAT 13° 40.0°N Fix Long 073° 52.77 E 4, AVESSEL USING 1600hrs DR 20°'N 40° E OBTAINED THE FOLLOWING OBSERVATIONS 1540 STAR‘A’ AZIMUTH 145°Tx 5‘ TOWARDS 1610 STAR ‘I AZIMUTH 190° T x 3° AWAY COURSE STEERED WAS 210°T, SPEED 12 KTS FIND VESSEL POSN AT 1600 HRS SOLUTION: D'LAT2.3°N DRLAY 20° 00.0°N DR LONG 040° 00.07 DLAT 02.3°N ’) YE 1600 FIX LAT 20° 02.3°N 1600 FIX LONG 040° 16.0°E 2” Mate’s Staggered 4 Capt.MartinsD°LONG = DEP / Cos M’LAT = 15? / Cos 20° 01.1 = 16.0 MENTION THE SCALE USED DR tong 040°E 5. AT 0400 HRS A LIGHTIN POSN 15° 02'S 167° 15’E BORE 160°T. VESSEL STEAMS 4140'T x 10Kts for 2HRS. WHEN AN OBSERVATION OF THE MOON WORKED USING DR 45° 46'S AND 167° 35’F GAVE BRG 140° AND INTERCEPT 7.4’ AWAY. FIND THE SHIP'S POSN AT SECOND OBSERVATION. - SOLUTION Course Dist Plat dep NS EB W Run: 140°(T) = $40°E 20 — 153 ny = LT Ho. Posn Lat 15°02.0°S_ Long 167* 15.0°E. M’lat 15° 9.7" "I "S_d’lons 13. dep 12.9°E ‘Transferred Lt Ho. Posn Lat 15°17.3’S — Long 167° 28.4°E FOR PLOTTING PLI ‘Transferred Lt Ho. Posn: LAT 15° 17.3°S & LONG 167° 28.4°E (Brg of Lt Ho.from Ship : 160° (T) ) ‘Therefore, Brg of ship from Lt Ho transferred Posn: 340°(T) PL2 Posn : DRLAT 15° 16S DRLONG 167" 35.0°E 2° Mate’s Staggerred 5 Capt.MartinsAz:140 (I), Intercept 7.4? (Away) PL 050°(T) ----- 230°(T) D'Long 6.6 Milat 15° 16.6 Dat 13° Dep 6.4” lat 3.0°N dep 1.6°W DRLAT 15° 16.0°S Fix LAT 15°13.0°S M’Lat 15° 14.5" DRLong 167° 28.4" E Lon LEW Fix Long 167 26.7E Brg of ship fm Lt Ho. 340°(T) 2 Mate’s Staggered 6 MENTION THE SCALE USED PL O50*(T) —230°(T) DR int 15° 16'S Lat 15° 17.556. A VESSEL STEAMING ON A COURSE 250°G[ GYRO ERROR 2° HIGH] AT A SPEED OF 45 KTS. CURRENT NW AT 3Kts. CELESTIAL OBSERVATION CALCULATED USING 0530HRS DR POSN 35°30’N 160° 20°E GAVE THE FOLLOWING RESULTS. 0520 POLARIS OBS LAT 35° 25°N AZ 368°(T) 0545 VEGA INTERCEPT 10.3’ AWAY , AZ 080°T FIND THE VESSEL'S POSN AT 0630 HRS. SOLUTION: @lot the CTS 248°(T) & Spd 15kts and Current NW @3kts. From plot find the CMG & SMG.) From Plot CMG 258°(T), SMG 16.5kts MENTION THE SCALE USED cme ase*(T) x SHC 16.5ite ‘CTS 248°(1) x SPD 15kts Use the CMG & SMG for plotting the Run PL 1 = 088° (T) — 268° (T), PL 2= 170° (T) --—- 350° (T) MENTION THE SCALE USED Reverse ore x4 2 Mate’s Staggerred 7 Capt.MartinsEROMPLOT D'LAT 0.78 DEP 53°W ORS LAT 35° 25.0°N DRLONG 160° 20.0°E a Ors DLONG 65W 0530 FIX T.AT 35° 24.3°N 0530 FIX LONG 160° 13.5°E ‘D’LONG = DEP / Cos MLAT = 5.3? / Cos 35° 24.7 = 6.5°W 7._AVESSEL IN DR 54° 31’N IS AT ANCHOR IN FOG. A BREAK APPEARED AND AN OBSERVATION OF THE SUN GAVE A LONG OF 04° 06.5°W BEARING 127°T. SOMETIME LATER THE FOG LIFTED AND A LIGHTHOUSE IN 54°25’N 04° 22’°W BORE 000°T. HOW MUCH IN ERROR WAS THE DR LATITUDE. SOLUTION: D'LAT e D’LONG 15.5” MLAT 54° 28 N DEP y FIX LAT 54” 18.8°N DRLAT = 94°31N ERROR IN LATITUDE = 11.2'S MENTION THE SCALE USED “PLOST*T) —217°(1) sae oeN 2" Mate’s Staggerred 8 ‘Capt.Martins8, AT 0440HRS IN DR POSN 52° 21'N 27° 50'W. DENEB OBS. LAT 52° 26'N. AT O500HRS USING SAME DR CAPELLA GAVE AZIMUTH 300°T. INTERCEPT 3‘ TOWARDS. SHIP’S COURSE 000°T SPD 6 KTS. FIND SHIP’S POSN AT 0440HRS & 0500 HRS BY PLOTTING. SOLUTION: MENTION THE SCALE USED DR iat 62° 20°N PL 030°C) — 210") DRiong 27* GOW DEP 0.65 D'LONG 1.0°E TIX LONG 27 4W Aus = I 0500 52° 28'N 27° 49°W 0440 52° 26°N 27" 49°W. 2” Mate’s Staggerred 9 (Capt.Martins9. 1842 Hrs SIRUS GAVE INT. 6’ TOWARDS, AZ 140°T, AT 1848 Hrs ALTAIR GAVE OBS. LONG 60° 30’W AZ. 220°T.BOTH SIGHTS USED DR 30° 20'N 060° O5'W. IF SHIP'S CO 260°T AND SPD 15Kts. FIND SHIP'S POSN AT SECOND OBSERVATION. SOLUTION: IENTION THE. pL2 1848 FROM PLOT DIAT 12.00°S ‘DEP 6.8W DILONG 7.8W ANS FIX LAT 30° 08.0’ N FIX LONG 060° 12.8'W 2" Mate’s Staggered 10 ‘Capt.Martins10. AN A.M SIGHT OF THE SUN WHEN WORKED WITH LAT. 54° 55'N GAVE LONG 20° 04'W AND WHEN WORKED WITH LAT. 52° 05’ N GAVE LONG 19° 54.5'W. WHAT WAS THE ‘SUN'S TRUE BEARING? SOLUTION: DIAT 10’ DILONG 9.5" MILAT 52°N DEP 5.9" MENTION THE SCALE USED PL 030*(1) — 210*(T) DR iat 62° Oo-N DR lat 51* 55'N ‘Obs tong 20° oa'w Obis tong 19° 54.5 FROM PLOT PL 030°(T) —- 210°(T) ANS AZ 90°+PL == —-:120°(T) SINCE BODY IS RISING 2" Mate’s Staggcrred W ‘Capt.Martins41. A LONG BY CHRONO SIGHT CALCULATED USING DR 46° 06'N 179° 52°W GAVE Az $76°E AND OBSERVED LONG 179° 54°E. WHAT INTERCEPT WILL THE OBSERVER GET IF THE SIGHT WAS CALCULATED BY MARCQ ST. HILAIRE METHOD. SOLUTION: D'LONG 1a DEP or USED ‘Obs [ong 179" 54E DRiong 179° SZ7W ANS. INTERCEPT 9.4”, AWAY 12. On a given day at 0800hrs, while heading 280°(T), a Racon in position 00° 40°S 179° 00°W was observed to be 40nm off on STED SIDE, Tho ship then stoored on this heading 280°(T) at 12kts till 1800hrs when a star sight worked by intercept mothod using DR 00° 00’ 179°E gavo intercept Snm away, azimuth 100°(T). If current was cotting SE at a rate of 0.6kts. Find tho position of vessel at 1800hrs. SOLUTION Course Dist lat dep N s EW Run: 280°(T) =N80°W 120° 208 - 182 ” 45° 3.57 20.8 35° 39 1182 Resultant 173° 14.7 Racon Posn Lat 00° 10.0°S — Long 179° 00.0°W M'lat 00° 01.4” ___.. Res. d'lat__17.3"N__d’long 1° $4.7°W dep 114.7;W Transferred Racon Posn Lat 00° 07.3°N Long 179° 05.9E. @long 1°54.7W 2" Mate's Staggerred 12 Capt.MartinsFOR PLOTTING Position Circle (10nm) ‘Transferred Racon Posn: Lat 00° 07.3 N & Long 179° 05.9°B PL2 Posn : DR Lat 00° 00? DR Long 179° 00.0°E Az: 100°(T), Intercept 5.0” (Away) PL 010°(T) ~-- 190°T) D’Long 05.3" M’Lat 00° 03.6 Dep 9.3" D'Lat 7.3" MENTION THE SCALE USED PLOTO"T) — 190°) ‘Tufra Racon Lat oo" 07.50 DRiat 00° 00" DR long 179° OOF ‘Third Racon tong 178° 05.75 FROM PLOT lat 4.8°N dep 4.W DRLat 00° 00.0° lat 43°N Fix Lat 00° 04.8°N Mat 00° 01.17 DRLong 179° 00.0°E Lon, 44° Fix Long 178° 55.6°E 2" Mate’s Staggerred 13 ‘Capt.Martins13. On a given day at 0800hrs, while heading 280°(T), a Racon in position 00° 10’S 179° 0o'W ‘was observed to be 10nm off on STRD_ BEAM. The ship then steered on this heading 280%(T) at 12kts till 1800hrs when a star sight worked by intercept method using DR 00° 00’ 179°E gave intercept 3.9' Towards, azimuth 100°(7). If curront was setting SE at a rato of 0.6kte. Find the position of vessel at 1800hrs. SOLUTION Course Dist lat dep N s E Ww Run: 280°(T) = N80°W 120° 20.8" - ~ 118.2 Current : $4505 ED 35) = 20.8 3.5” 35° 118.2" Resultant 173° 114.7" Racon Posn Lat 00° 10.0°S Long 179° 00.0°W M’lat 00° 01.4 Res._d’I 17.3) Pic 1° il dep 114.7W Transferred Racon Posn Lat 00° 07.3°N Long 179° 05.3°E long 1°54.7W FOR PLOTTING Position Circle (J0nm) ‘Transferred Racon Posn: Lat 00° 07.3? N & Long 179° 05.3°E. PLZ Posn : DR Lat 00° 00" DK Long 179° 00.0°E Az: 100° (1), Intercept 3.9 (Yowards), PL 010°(T) —— 190°(T) D'Long 05.3" M'Lat 00° 03.6" 53 Dat 7.3” ER¢ Plat 2.6°S dep 19°W DR Lat 00° 00.0° ’ 2.68 Fix Lat 00° 02.68 M’Lat 00° 01.3° DRLong 179° 00.0°E, "] NE Fix Long 119° 01-4'E 2” Mate’s Staggered 14 Capt-MartinsDittong. 179" 00 ‘Tafrd Racon Lat 00* 07.3'N dep 5.3 (G'0ng 53) PRiat ag 90" 14, An Observer on a ship heading 205°(T) at 16knots obtained the following results from ‘stellar observations. DR position 35° 27'N 078° 42’E was used in all calculations. Find the observed position at 1830hrs. 1. 1820hrs Az 167(T) __ Intercept 2.2’ Towards 2 1824nrs = Az 081(T) _—Intercept 4.5’ Towards 3. 1833hrs = Az 237(T) _ Intercept 0.8’ Away SOLUTION: FROM PLOT Plat 3.5°S dep 42D DR Lat 35°27.0°N Plat 3.5°S Fix Lat 35°23.5°N MYLat 35° 25.2” DRLong 078° 42.0°E Dong, SVE Fir Long 078° 47.7 2™ Mate’s Staggerred 1s Capt.MartinsDRtong 078" 47 MENTION THE SCALE USED ba iatso zen PLA 1890n85, PL3 1630s, 15. Celestial observations calculated using DR 40 00'N 060 00'W gave results as follows:- STAR TIME = AZIMUTH INTERCEPT StarX —0520hrs =——035°(T) 2.8’ Towards StarY 0530hrs = 160°(T) Nit VIL was steaming a course of 090(T) at 12kts. Find the position of vessel at 0530hrs. SOLUTION: FROM PLOT Plat LN dep 4.65 DR Lat 40° 00.0°N lat 1L7N 0530 Fix Tat 40° 01.7N M’Lat 40° 00.9" DRLong 060° 00.0°W Do 6.0°E 0530 Fix Long 059° 54.0°W 2" Mate's Staggered 16 ‘Capt.MartinsMENTION THE SCALE USED 2" Mate’s Stapgerred 17 Capt.Martins