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Re: Compass Brands
By:Mike Hanks
Date: 9/1/1999, 4:13 pm
In Response To: Re: Compass Brands (Shawn Baker)

> I put a little Ritchie X-10 Sport compass on the deck of my Chesapeake 17.
> It just has a 1 7/8" dia. blue dial, but it's quite visible and it's
> attached up behind my front hatch cover. That small of dial does swing a
> bit (not sure if 2 3/4" is a lot better) but at $20, it was a great
> value. It has a bracket mount that is currently bolted (nylon bolts) to
> the deck, but I'm figuring out how to surface mount it.

> Pete Rudie and I were looking at the X-15 flush mount compass--it would
> fit just great in the front of the cockpit recess on a Guillemot, but
> would be easily covered by a sprayskirt grab loop there--still worth
> looking into if you have an angled surface in which to mount it.

I saw that done on a guillemot at the rendezvous, it looked very sharp. after my film gets developed I'll see if we have a picture. Anybody else that was there get a picture?

Mike

Messages In This Thread

Compass Brands
Paul C. -- 8/31/1999, 12:12 pm
Re: Compass Brands
Shawn Baker -- 8/31/1999, 4:36 pm
Re: Compass Brands
Mike Hanks -- 9/1/1999, 4:13 pm
Ritchie flush mount
Pete Ford -- 8/31/1999, 3:26 pm