Good answer Gary. I'm not sure what time zone you
are in. I think Jeff beat you. However, I'll give you
1 point and honorable mention for answering the question
very well.

BTW, I also keep a compass on my lifejacket. I actually
used it twice in fog, once in San Francisco Bay to
find the Berkeley Pier, and another time in Norwalk
Harbor, which along with using my depth gauge and
listening for seagulls complaining on the shore of the
islands, managed to find my way home.

"Gary" wrote

Bart Senior wrote:
I can think of four compasses each with a dedicated
purpose, that I'd want on an ocan going yacht.
What are they?

Steering compass at the helm. (Inside and out)
Hand held compass for visual fixes.
Boats compass for an emergency backup.
Drawing compass for radar fixes.
Tattle tale compass for glancing at from your bunk.
Fluxgate for the autopilot/radar stabilization.
Oops, more than 4!