Chart(s): Plotting Sheet

Sight Reduction and 
Dead-Reckoning problem     Leg 53  051999   Test your knowledge!
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We depart Wellington, New Zeeland(41d 30.0'S  175d 20.0'E) at Sunrise on 
06/03/1999. Var 18dE, dev 2.5dW. Set 170d, drift 10 Kts/day. At 02:52:20 Hrs 
after departure we take the following bearings for a departure position using 
a Hocky Puck handbearing compass purchased in Wellington.

|    Mt. Ross, 983mtrs(41d 27.5'S  175d 20.0'E): 342.0d

|    Mt. Tapuaepuku 2885mtrs(42d 00.0'S  173d 48.8'E):240.4d



1)  What is the GMT time of the Departure FIX?
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2)  What is the departure FIX position?
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It would be interesting after plotting the bearings for Q2 on your 
plotting sheet and then work them using your favorite DR Sailings method.


3)  What is the rhumb line TC and distance from our Departure FIX 
    to the Trans Ocean Point 1(49d 00.0'S  170d 00.0'W)? 
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The distance log on the Knotmeter read 27 mi at the time of the FIX.

|4)  Since our departure from Wellington, what is the calculated DR time 
     in hours to the Trans Ocean Point 1?
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Var, Dev, and current still the same.

5)  What is the Compass Course/course-to-steer for Trans Ocean Point 1?
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At evening we manage the following sights.

    Body                GMT          Hs

    Bellatrix           07:30:00     40d 34.0'         
    Acrux               07:31:10     35d 23.6'    
    Procyon             07:31:22     39d 01.7'
    Rigil Kentaurus     07:31:31     21d 47.8'
    Miaplacidus         07:32:10     54d 16.7'
    Saturn              07:32:33     11d 55.6'

6)  What is the best FIX position?
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Current Set 175d Drift 10Knts/day. Var. 17dE, Dev 2.5dW

7)  What is the Compass Course(CC)/course-to steer to Trans Ocean
    Point 1(49d 00.0'S  100d 00.0'W)?
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NOTE:
Lat & Lo = XXd XX.X', Date=DD/MM/YY, HE 9 Feet, Index correction
-2.5', Time hh:mm:ss in UTC/GMT,unless otherwise stated. Silicon Sea II
is a 34,000 lb(15.40t) displacement sailing vessel, 48' 3"(14.70m) LOA. 39'
(12.00m) LWL; Cutter rigged. Can tack to 45d. Water Tanks = 220 gal(1000
ltrs). Fuel Tanks = 155 gal(700 ltrs). Fuel consumption .675 gal/Hr at 8.5
Kts. DR(Ded-Reckoning)=position by sailings, EP(Estimated Position)=DR+current
affect. Dist to Horizon: Nmi = SQRT HE@mtrs x 2.07; Nmi = SQRT HE@ft x 1.17. 

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