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Hi Mike:<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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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.<BR>
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I believed the ads when I selected the Plastimo. Now I wish I had purchased another brand.<BR>
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Taylor<BR>
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<B>From: </B>"Mike Lehman" <sail_505@hotmail.com><BR>
<B>Reply-To: </B>public-list@alberg30.org<BR>
<B>Date: </B>Tue, 18 Jun 2002 09:42:31 -0400<BR>
<B>To: </B>public-list@alberg30.org<BR>
<B>Subject: </B>[Alberg30] Bulkhead mount compass<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>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.<BR>
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Mike Lehman <BR>
"Gilleleje" #505 <BR>
"One can never enter the same river twice. The river is always new; the man is forever changed." <BR>
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