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USCG Exam PracticeRunning fix from a single object

In the doubling-the-angle technique, the vessel takes a first relative bearing of 030° to a lighthouse. The navigator should take the second bearing when the relative bearing to the same lighthouse reads:

  1. A. 045°
  2. 060°Correct
  3. C. 090°
  4. D. 015°

Why B is correct

The doubling-the-angle technique requires the second relative bearing to be double the first. Double 030° is 060°. At that second bearing, the distance run between the two observations equals the distance off the object. Bowditch Ch. 7 §703.

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