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Compass to true and back — Navigation A — Coastal, Mashit 30

Applying a known error to a course or a bearing. 9 questions need it — 10 sub-questions in all.

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Fixes and compass error

  1. Question 26 — At 17:30 two buoys in Haifa Bay, with the characteristics Fl(2)8s and Mo(A) "HAIFA 1", were in transit. A compass bearin (part c)
  2. Question 28 — At 21:30 a compass transit bearing was taken between two buoys in Haifa Bay with the following characteristics: Mo(A) "H (parts b, c)
  3. Question 37 — At 07:40 Haifa University (charted as University Tower) and the light vessel with the characteristics Fl.G.3s were in tr (part c)
  4. Question 39 — At 17:12 the light at the western end of the Coal Jetty at Hadera and the buoy south-west of the jetty, Fl(3).W.23s, wer (part c)
  5. Question 41 — At 05:00 the vessel's position by GPS was 32°34'N 034°48'E. A compass bearing of the water tower at Caesarea was 125°. F (part b)
  6. Question 46 — At 21:00 the vessel's position was 32°05'N 034°31.5'E. A compass bearing of Jaffa light was 095°. From the 21:00 positio (part b)
  7. Question 47 — At 20:00 the west and south cardinal buoys marking the fish farm off Ashdod were in transit. Their compass bearing was 1 (part c)
  8. 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 bea (part b)
  9. Question 72 — At 06:00 the vessel's position by GPS was 32°47.3'N 034°52.9'E. A compass bearing of the light vessel NOA was 111°. From (part b)

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