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You are on course 262° per standard magnetic compass when you take the following bearings:

Saybrook Breakwater Light 338.5°psc Little Gull Island Light 107.5°psc Horton Point Light 240.0°psc

What is your position?

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You are on course 262° per standard magnetic compass when you take the following bearings:

Saybrook Breakwater Light 338.5°psc Little Gull Island Light 107.5°psc Horton Point Light 240.0°psc

What is your position?

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🔍 Key Concepts

• Standard magnetic compass (psc) vs true bearings and why they matter in plotting • How to plot bearing lines of position (LOPs) from known lights on the chart • The need to use the reciprocal of a bearing when plotting from the aid toward your vessel

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• Are all three bearings given in the same reference system as the chart you are using, or do you need to convert them first? If so, how? • When you draw each LOP from Saybrook Breakwater Light, Little Gull Island Light, and Horton Point Light, where does their intersection fall relative to nearby charted features? • Does your plotted position make sense with a course of 262° psc and the general location of these three lights in Long Island Sound?

✅ Before You Answer

• Make sure you apply any needed deviation and variation correctly and in the right direction when converting from compass to true, if required by the exam setup. • Verify you are plotting the reciprocal bearings from the charted lights (from the light to the vessel), not from the vessel to the light. • After you get an approximate fix, compare both latitude AND longitude (including N/W designations) carefully with the answer choices; rule out any that are geographically inconsistent with your plot.

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You are on course 262° per standard magnetic compass when you take the following bearings: Saybrook Breakwater Light 338.5°psc Little Gull Island Light 107.5°psc Horton Point Light 240.0°psc What is your position?

LAT 41°11.9'N, LONG 72°16.7'N

LAT 41°13.0'N, LONG 72°17.7'W

LAT 41°12.1'N, LONG 72°17.3'W

LAT 41°12.6'N, LONG 72°17.2'W

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Question 1 / 2066636eea28f7522a1c51afe8

Question 1 of 2066636eea28f7522a1c51afe8

You are on course 262° per standard magnetic compass when you take the following bearings:

Saybrook Breakwater Light 338.5°psc Little Gull Island Light 107.5°psc Horton Point Light 240.0°psc

What is your position?

Back

Question 1 of 20

66636eea28f7522a1c51afe8

You are on course 262° per standard magnetic compass when you take the following bearings:

Saybrook Breakwater Light 338.5°psc Little Gull Island Light 107.5°psc Horton Point Light 240.0°psc

What is your position?

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