What's the difference between a Heading and a Bearing?

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Heading is the direction of the ship's (boat), head ie the direction in which you are pointing.

What happened to the H.M.S Reward?

Bearing it the direction to a given object ie the lighthouse bears 265 degrees.

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Chaparral boats?

Heading is the direction that you are traveling.

I have a 1978 ski and bass boat with a mercury m800 80 hp engine. There is an ignition switch short. help?

Bearing is the direction of an object relative to your current position.

I think I have bad fuel in on old chrysler 35hp outboard. How do I change it?

A bearing can either be a compass direction or the angle between your current direction, you and the object.
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Human propeller?

'Bearing' refers to a point of the compass (eg: 180° = due South, etc).

I know ive asked before but does anyone sail a Vanguard Laser or 420?

Heading can be used loosely to mean this also: "stay on a heading of 180°" but is just the specific course on which the vessel is steering at any particular point, however that course is defined. It can refer simply to a landmark - or even another vessel: "Steer a heading on yonder steeple" or "Keep a heading on the guard boat"! etc.

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