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TCN Assignment 4: Celestial Navigation Tasks

This document contains information for three navigation chart assignments, including positioning questions, estimates of time of arrival accounting for current, and determining safe courses for blind navigation. The first question involves celestial fixing and estimating time of arrival with counteracting current. The second examines horizontal sextant angle and variation of horizontal sextant angle for positioning and determining gyro error, and calculating courses and time of arrival with counteracting current. The third involves intercept observation for positioning and determining safe courses and time of alteration for blind navigation with assisting current.

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TCN Assignment 4: Celestial Navigation Tasks

This document contains information for three navigation chart assignments, including positioning questions, estimates of time of arrival accounting for current, and determining safe courses for blind navigation. The first question involves celestial fixing and estimating time of arrival with counteracting current. The second examines horizontal sextant angle and variation of horizontal sextant angle for positioning and determining gyro error, and calculating courses and time of arrival with counteracting current. The third involves intercept observation for positioning and determining safe courses and time of alteration for blind navigation with assisting current.

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TCN (Chart Work) Assignment 4

CHART NO. B. A. 5048 (Ireland South Coast)


Notes:
(a) Position of landmarks are approximate and are for easy identification only.
(b) Deviation Card 2, Variation 50W, HE 12m, Ship’s speed 12 knots if needed to solve the question and not
mentioned in the question.
(c) Luminous range diagram may be used if required.
(d) The answers may not match exactly due to variable errors of plotting tools.

1. At 1900 hours, in D.R. 51°47’N, 007°03.0’W, observed longitude obtained from Star A was 006°58.0’W,
Azimuth 210° (T) while Star B gave an intercept of 6 miles Away, Azimuth 160° (T). Find the Ship’s
position at 1900 hours.
Set course at 1900 hours to have Mine Head Light (51°59.5’N, 007°35.2’W) right ahead when 12 miles
away. Estimate the time to have Mine Head Light to your North-West (Engine Speed 16 knots, Current
200° (T) at 4 knots).
(Concept – Celestial PL, Right Ahead Counteracting Current)
(Answer – 1900 Position – 51°51.7’ N 007°10.6’ W, CTS 302° (T), Time when Mine Head is NW 1943)

2. At 1700 hours on 10th December, a vessel observed Hook Head Light House (52°07.4’N, 006°55.8’W)
bearing 338° (G) and Coningbeg Racon bore 098° (G). At the same instant, Hook Head Light House
subtended a VSA of 0°46’, IE 2.0’ off the arc. If the tide experienced was MHWS, find the position of
the vessel and error of the gyro.
From the 1700 hours position, find the gyro course to steer to first sight Ballycotton Island light right
ahead in atmospheric visibility of 10 NM and current setting South at 4 knots. Also, find the position
where Ballycotton Island Light would be first sighted and the time of this occurrence.
(Concept – HSA, VSA, Right Ahead Counteracting Current, First sighting)
(Answer – 1700 Position – 52°05.6’ N 006°55.2’ W, Gyro error 10° Low, CTS 245° (G), Time of first sighting
1832, Position – 51°55.6’ N 007°23.0’ W )

3. A vessel in D.R. position 51° 35’N, 008° 00’W at 0900 hrs obtains an intercept of 4’ (towards) Azimuth
110° (T) by Sun observation. The visibility thereafter became near zero. Assuming that vessel’s
electronic navigational aids as non- operational, find the following if the vessel decided to steam at a
reduced speed of 8 knots and current in the region was setting 150° (T) at 3 knots:
a) Safe courses to steer to reach Pilot Lookout pilot boarding ground.
b) Time of alteration to second course.
(Concept – Steering Safe courses / Blind Navigation)
(Answer – First course 096° (T), Second course 004° (T), Time of alteration 1055)

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