The following questions should be answered using Chart 12354TR, Long Island Sound - Eastern
Part, and the supporting publications.

Your draft is 12 feet (3.6 meters)
Your height of eye is 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Gyro error is 2°W
Variation is 14°W

"Per standard magnetic compass" is abbreviated "psc"
“Per gyrocompass” is abbreviated “pgc”

You are on course 092°T and the engines are turning for 8 knots.
At 0452, you take the following bearings:

Stratford Point Light 020°pgc
Stratford Shoal (Middle Ground) Light 141°pgc

What is your 0452 position?

Question

The following questions should be answered using Chart 12354TR, Long Island Sound - Eastern
Part, and the supporting publications.

Your draft is 12 feet (3.6 meters)
Your height of eye is 16 feet (4.8 meters)
Gyro error is 2°W
Variation is 14°W

"Per standard magnetic compass" is abbreviated "psc"
“Per gyrocompass” is abbreviated “pgc”

You are on course 092°T and the engines are turning for 8 knots.
At 0452, you take the following bearings:

Stratford Point Light 020°pgc
Stratford Shoal (Middle Ground) Light 141°pgc

What is your 0452 position?

Accepted Answer

LAT 41°05.2'N, LONG 73°07.8'W

Answer

LAT 41°05.0'N, LONG 73°07.5'W

Answer

LAT 41°05.0'N, LONG 73°07.3'W

Answer

LAT 41°04.8'N, LONG 73°07.3'W

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