General Navigation USCG Question #2244 (Set 69)

You take a bearing of 356° of a lighthouse. What bearing of another object would give the best fix?

Official USCG Answer & Rule Citation

Correct Answer: Option C — 082°

Visual fix precision depends on an ideal 90-degree intersection angle between position lines. Given an initial bearing of 356 degrees, a bearing of 082 degrees intersects at an angle of 86 degrees, approaching the ideal perpendicular cut required to minimize positioning error ellipses per Bowditch.

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