Navigation A — Coastal — question 55
At 16:00 your vessel is south of the YONATHAN ISLAND lighthouse, at a range of 5 miles from it. From this position a bearing of the lighthouse by the magnetic compass was 005°. From the 16:00 position the vessel must sail to the pilot boarding place at the entrance to Haifa Harbour. Find:
- The compass error. 5°W
- The compass course to reach the destination. 106°
- What will the range of the Har Karmel lighthouse be when it rises above the horizon, if the height of eye is 4 metres? 32.3 miles
The question is solved on chart 1000. On the site it comes with the relevant sections of the chart.