On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:42:12 -0700, Chuck Gould
wrote:

I'm writing a short item this morning about hand held bearing
compasses.

I carry one on my boat, and could find it in an instant. I suspect,
however, that in this age of electro-nav gimmicks I'm now in the
minority.

Three questions:

1. Do you carry a bearing compass?

Yes.

2. Whether you carry one or not, do you know why anybody would want
to?

Yes.

3. Do you have any charts aboard,

Yes - current and up to date including a current Eldrige.

or are you running depending strictly on an uninterrupted supply of DC
power and counting on 100% reliability from your electronics for navigation
information?

Yes.

Of course, my situation is a little different than most because I have
enough uninterruptable DC power available to last me for a week.

Anything else? :)