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Tacktick By Raymarine Micro Compass With Strap Bracket- The Tacktick Micro Compass proves a huge advantage over competitors using glass ball compasses. To win races you must react to even the smallest...
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Tacktick By Raymarine Micro Compass - The Tacktick Micro Compass proves a huge advantage over competitors using glass ball compasses. To win races you must react to even the smallest wind shifts, and...
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Tacktick By Raymarine Micronet Race Master - The ultimate tactical race compass and windshift indicator. Its two-tier display shows your heading, how far you are above or below the mean course, and ho...
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Plastimo Contest 101 bulkhead compass - Black Body, Red Card- The best selling bulkhead compass fitted to most production boats. Designed for boats over 30ft, it can be read from both the cockpit and...
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Silva 58K Kayak Compass - Designed for kayaking, the Silva 58K compass clips on by 4 bungy straps onto the deck. Alternatively, it can also be mounted with screws. The very stable card has large digit...
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Ritchie Sport X10 Compass - Grey - An inexpensive bracket compass that is ideal for small boats of all types being compact and rugged. The adjustable mounting bracket offers a choice of mounting posi...
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Ritchie Trek Compass - Ideal for runabouts, RIB's, centre consoles, ski boats and other small boats, this new compass has a clear and easy to read 2 1/4 direct reading dial. It comes with either sur...
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Cover for Plastimo Mini Contest Compass - ...
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Plastimo Replacement Cover for Contest 101 Compass - Grey -...
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Plastimo Offshore 75 Binnacle Mount - Blue Body, Black Card - Designed for power boats upto 30ft, the Offshore 75 has exceptional card stability in all conditions, whatever the boat speed or vibration...
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Plastimo Iris 100 Compass with light - A useful compass that doubles up as both a hand bearing and a fixed steering compass. It can be mounted both vertically or horizontally and the 70mm cone shape...
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Mounting bracket for use with the Plastimo Iris 100 compass....
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Plastimo Iris 100 Compass without light- A useful compass that doubles up as both a hand bearing and a fixed steering compass. It can be mounted both vertically or horizontally and the 70mm cone shap...
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Plastimo Iris 50 hand bearing Compass Blue - The most popular hand-bearing compass on the market offering incredibly good value.• Easy to read in the roughest of conditions, • Superb card...
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Plastimo Iris 50 Compass Yellow - The most popular hand-bearing compass on the market offering incredibly good value.•Easy to read in the roughest of conditions •Superb card stability •...
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Plastimo PVC Holder For iris 50 hand bearing Compass - A soft PVC holder specifically designed to take the Iris 50 handbearing compass, perfect for mounting in the cockpit....
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Ritchie Explorer Bracket Compass - Ideal for small yachts. This compass has an easy to read 70mm card with internal marine night illumination, built in compensators to easily adjust for deviation, mo...
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Ritchie Explorer Surface Compass - Ideal for small yachts. This compass has an easy to read 70mm card with internal marine night illumination, built in compensators to easily adjust for deviation, mo...
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Plastimo Offshore 75 Bracket Mount - Blue Body, Black Card - Designed for power boats upto 30ft, the Offshore 75 has exceptional card stability in all conditions, whatever the boat speed or vibrations...
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Plastimo Contest 101 - Black Body, Red CardInclined Bulkhead Version (For bulkheads tilted by 10 to 25deg) - The best selling bulkhead compass fitted to most production boats. Designed for boats over...
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An essential piece of kit aboard most boats, the compass is crucial in marine navigation. When selecting the compass it's important to consider whether it will be lit, visible at night, with or without compensation, and does it have the correct card balanced for the area you are using it. The two main choices are:
Handbearing Compasses / sight bearing compasses
Generally this is a small compass that is handheld. It will be fitted with a site that you then use to accurately identify locations and calculate bearings.
Fixed mount compasses
Types of compass fixed mounts available are:
- Flushmount on a horizontal surface - can provide a good viewing angle for the compass, often used on the flybridge, central steering area or upper deck.
- Flushmount on a vertical / inclined surface - A Bulkhead compass can be mounted within easy view of the cockpit cabin
- Bracket - Extremely popular with powerboats as it allows quick and easy mounting in several locations on the boat. And great for boats with awkward angles, it can also be taken away and stored safely after use.
- Binnacle for steering wheel - for sailboats that have a steering wheel, extremely popular.
- Mini Binnacle mounting - an ultra slim and more compact version, allows for the compass to be mounted more easily with no cut out hole and can be stored safely after use.
- Removable - The compass sits in a fixing plate that can be mounted, allows the compass to be removed at the end of the day and stored safely.
- Mast mounting - An ideal mount for boats with less available space, a mast mount kit is available to make this an easy job.
- On fixing bracket - Usually this is a multi function compass