Fri, 27 Jul 07, Chuck Gould wrote:

1. Do you carry a bearing compass?

Yes

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

Of course. There's no way I'd leave the harbor without a ship's
compass. Hand bearing compass too, although mine is used mostly for
race committee work setting race marks. Quite a few other uses though.
It's the last piece of nav equipment I would expect to fail (my hand
compass won't float though).

3. Do you have any charts aboard

Absolutely

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

No way.

Rick