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LF real gimballed compass
max camirand wrote:
On Dec 3, 1:54 pm, Heikki wrote: max camirand wrote: I'm looking for a real gimballed marine compass, with a flat face usable with a direction-finder. You don't say where in the world you are. Here in Denmark, my first choice would be Weilbach in Copenhagen - they've been in the business of compasses, charts, etc since 1755 or so. I have sailed on a ship that has one of their compasses, gimballed and with a flat face. Haven't tried with a direction- finder, but it looks like it ought to work well. Big thing, probably approved to be used on much bigger ships that ours... http://www.weilbach.dk/netbutik.asp?...fold4479&l=155 -H Thanks for the link! Sorry for the oversight: The boat is in Seattle, USA. Those compasses look excellent, but they're very expensive. Maybe I shouldn't have any illusions about getting a good compass for little money, but I hope I can find a commercial ship outfitter that carries a decent product at non-yacht prices. -m Try this carefully crafted google search http://www.google.com/search?q=marine+%22grid+compass Unfortunately I have yet to see one in decent condition at a good enough price. If you have around $100 you *might* get lucky with a used one Ships will all be using gyrocompasses or fluxgates now. Your only chance of beating yachtie pricing would be if you know a shipbreakers who are currently scrapping an old fishing fleet. -- Ian Malcolm. London, ENGLAND. (NEWSGROUP REPLY PREFERRED) ianm[at]the[dash]malcolms[dot]freeserve[dot]co[dot]uk [at]=@, [dash]=- & [dot]=. *Warning* HTML & 32K emails -- NUL: |
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