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Re: Deviation Card with GPS
From: hellos
Date: 2006 Jul 23, 12:45 -0500
Robert, if you do not have correction magnets you can easily obtain a small set
of children's toy magnets and use two of them. The smaller and weaker the
better, so start with the least magnets. If there are no tiny ones, you can of
course always break one in two. It may be easiest to use "rod" or "disc" type
magnets so you can rotate them in some type of mount. The traditional mechanism
puts the magnet on a rod and rotates the rod, a bit of brass tubing would do.
I'm only familiar with the Dirigo "box" compasses not really meant for steering
from the helm, they look like presentation pieces more than practical steering
compasses. (Thus no correctors.)
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From: hellos
Date: 2006 Jul 23, 12:45 -0500
Robert, if you do not have correction magnets you can easily obtain a small set
of children's toy magnets and use two of them. The smaller and weaker the
better, so start with the least magnets. If there are no tiny ones, you can of
course always break one in two. It may be easiest to use "rod" or "disc" type
magnets so you can rotate them in some type of mount. The traditional mechanism
puts the magnet on a rod and rotates the rod, a bit of brass tubing would do.
I'm only familiar with the Dirigo "box" compasses not really meant for steering
from the helm, they look like presentation pieces more than practical steering
compasses. (Thus no correctors.)
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To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com
To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com
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