The following questions should be answered using Chart 12354TR, Long Island Sound - Eastern Part, and the supporting publications. You are on a coastwise voyage from Bridgeport, Conn., to Boston, Mass. You intend to divert to a position off New Haven, Conn., to evacuate an injured crew member. Your height of eye is 53 feet and your vessel's deep draft is 34 feet. Gyro error is 2°W. Use 14°W variation where required. At 0820 Old Field Point Light bears 206° per gyrocompass, and Stratford Shoals Middle Ground Light bears 322° per gyrocompass. The radar range to Middle Ground Light is 1.5 miles. What is your 0820 position?
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