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

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

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

You are on course 082°T, and the engines are turning for 8 knots.
At 0352, you take the following bearings:

Stratford Point Light 016°pgc
Stratford Shoal (Middle Ground) Light 137°pgc

What is your 0352 position?

Question

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

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

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

You are on course 082°T, and the engines are turning for 8 knots.
At 0352, you take the following bearings:

Stratford Point Light 016°pgc
Stratford Shoal (Middle Ground) Light 137°pgc

What is your 0352 position?

Accepted Answer

LAT 41°05.2'N, LONG 73°07.8'W

Answer

LAT 41°05.0'N, LONG 73°08.0'W

Answer

LAT 41°05.3'N, LONG 73°07.5'W

Answer

LAT 41°05.4'N, LONG 73°07.7'W

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