Relative Bearing

Relative Bearing is the direction to an object from a ship, expressed in relation to the heading of one's own ship.

Sometimes the ambiguous term Bearing is used when relative bearing is the intended meaning, but more often this shorthand expression means "compass bearing".

Units of Measure

This was expressed in degrees from -179 to 180 (0 being dead ahead, and 90 being directly to Starboard), or as a number of compass points.

See Also

• Compass Bearing