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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:

  1. The compass error. 5°W
  2. The compass course to reach the destination. 106°
  3. 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.