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Day Skipper - Part 5 - Bearings
If we established our position as that shown, it could be described
in terms of latitude and longitude as follows: 51°30.0'N 004°20.0'E
We could also describe it as a distance and bearing from a well-known
point for example, four nautical miles south of Worms Head, or
even 180° Worms Head 4M.
Note that positions should be given as bearings from well-known points
and not to them.
However if, in a moment of panic, you need to give your position and
you give a bearing from you, so long as you make it quite clear that:
"Worms Head bears 000° from me four miles", no one is going to criticise
you for using this formula in the heat of the moment.
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