[Alberg30] Bulkhead mount compass

[Taylor Echlin]

Hi Mike:

Last year I purchased the Plastimo Contest 101 bulkhead mount compass.  The
big card reads really well, and the red night light is quite effective.

However, so far I don't really like it.  Because you are reading the card
face at the front - everything is "backwards" from a normal compass that you
read at the back of the card.  That takes a lot to get used to.

I also am quite frustrated with the fairly large discrepancies between my
Plastimo and my LORAN compass - to the point where I don't know which
compass to believe.  I bought the optional compensation card - and found
that it would vary my compass headings 40-50 degrees - when adjusting the
N-S and E-W compensation screws.  I don't trust my results from swinging the
compass this Spring.

Also - the plastic secure tab broke when I tried to remove the face plate to
install the optional compensation card.  That really ticked me off - because
I was so gentle in depressing the plastic secure tab.

I believed the ads when I selected the Plastimo.  Now I wish I had purchased
another brand.

Taylor

From: "Mike Lehman" <sail_505 at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: public-list at alberg30.org
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:42:31 -0400
To: public-list at alberg30.org
Subject: [Alberg30] Bulkhead mount compass


I am planning to purchase a bulhead mount compass. I've looked a West
Marine, they carry three: (1) Ritchie [$215} (2) Aqua Meter [$100] (3)
Plastimo [$180]. Mostly I use the GPS and have a good handheld, so I'm
thinking going cheap. Any advice [experience] about compasses? Readability
is important, and since I am used to a compass with a flat card, I think a
dual reading compass is necessary. Digitals are out.


Mike Lehman 
"Gilleleje" #505 
"One can never enter the same river twice. The river is always new; the man
is forever changed."




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